{"id":5977,"date":"2016-07-12T04:33:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T04:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2016-06-05T04:02:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T04:02:29","slug":"petroglyph-national-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=5977","title":{"rendered":"Petroglyph National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"

I set up camp at Tetilla Peak<\/a> on the shore of Cochiti Lake, north of Albuquerque and south of Santa Fe. It took a bit of doing to get backed in. The site was at a weird angle to the road and they had very sturdy posts ringing the sites. Luckily, Christopher, from the next site over helped me get in.<\/p>\n

Once in, though, I had quite a view. The mountains in the back.<\/p>\n

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And the lake in the front.<\/p>\n

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The lake is manmade, and the campground is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers. The water actually comes from the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n

I decided to head into Albuquerque to visit Petroglyph National Monument. I headed for the Ranger Station to get information. It turns out that there are three separate petroglyph areas. The ranger talked with me about my level of interest, and I told him about all the different sites I’d already visited. He suggested I take the Piedras Marcadas trail.<\/p>\n

I drove over to the north end of the park, about six miles away to the parking area. The Piedras Marcadas Canyon was right in front of a residential area. Since the park is a day use area, those folks have really quiet neighbors.<\/p>\n

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I set of on this sandy trail toward the basalt stones that contained the petroglyphs.<\/p>\n

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According to the ranger, these petroglyphs are more recent than the ones that I saw at Three Rivers Petroglyphs Site, about 200 miles south of the National Monument.<\/p>\n

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They had a different variety of petroglyphs here.<\/p>\n

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Some I’d never seen before.<\/p>\n

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Some reminded me of squashed bugs.<\/p>\n

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These seemed more abstract but the one in the middle reminded me of growing corn.<\/p>\n

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These seemed like some sort of animal.<\/p>\n

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A circular design lurked behind a rock.<\/p>\n

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This canyon is known for its handprint glyphs,<\/p>\n

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and mask glyphs.<\/p>\n

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Along the way, I passed a lot of rabbits. Some posed like chocolate Easter bunnies. \u00a0Others ran away with their ears out.<\/p>\n

\"white<\/a><\/p>\n

I still need to figure out what this white rock is on the black basalt.<\/p>\n

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More hands.<\/p>\n

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And here is Kokopelli.<\/p>\n

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There are plants growing on the rocks. I wonder how much longer these rocks will be here?<\/p>\n

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This circular design was very interesting. I wish I could have gotten closer. Or, maybe a better camera would be nice.<\/p>\n

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This is also an interesting glyph. It kind of reminds me of Promo the Robot from Rocketship 7.<\/p>\n

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Or maybe not.<\/p>\n

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There were more masks.<\/p>\n

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They almost remind me of pictures my students used to draw of people.<\/p>\n

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As I said, there were a lot of petroglyphs that were new to me.<\/p>\n

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The sun came out as I got to the end of the trail and got ready to head back. I wonder if the people who made these petroglyphs looked at these rocks and thought, “Wow! What a lot of rocks I could use!”<\/p>\n

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And I headed back to my car.<\/p>\n

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