Some friends from work told me about this place out by Kanab and I had been dying to check it out. So Saturday, September 19th, Royal, Yoshi, and I loaded up the Toyota and headed out. (Kira was at Grandma's)
I really had no clue where to go, as I didn't bother getting a map from my friends at work. But eventually we found the right place. (I hope?)
It's a vast, open area, with lots to explore. One of the first places we stopped we found this:
Pictographs
Close up of pictographs
Fire pit
Another fire pit
Grinding stone
Close up of grinding stoneWe hiked around a bit more and found this guy! Royal almost stepped on him! Yikes! That wouldn't have been a good situation. The snake was hiding very well inside a large outcropping of rock. He was just hanging out in the cool sand in the shade of the rock.
Lots of cool things to snap pics of in this area
We hiked around this area a bit and then decided to drive up the road a little ways. We took off down a side road and stopped near a large rock formation. On both sides of the roads there were small stone lined pits (pit houses???) all over the place. There were pottery shards and arrowhead chippings everywhere. Here's some pics of just a few of the pits:
This must have been a village or something. They were everywhere.
After hiking and driving around for a few hours we decided to head back. It was only about 4pm so on the way back I decided to cut from Highway 59 over to Sr9 and head up to Kolob. Took a few pictures too.
Wild turkeys. (Camera was on mega-zoom sorry about quality)
Dummy Yoshi decided to jump in the lake, I don't think he realized how cold it would be. Not to mention it was about 55 degrees out with wind, and there was a massive storm blowing in. He was shivering so I wrapped him up in Kira's sweater. The look on his face makes me think he isn't a fan of pink..
It was a super fun day. Royal had a blast with his dad, and I had a blast with him!!!!
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