Today we spent more time at the Petroglyph Monument west of Albuquerque.
On a 2.5 mile hike along a hill covered with huge black volcanic rock were hundreds of petrogylph drawings done several hundred years ago.
Amazingly they are still there.
They are just sitting out along the hillside waiting to be discovered over and over again by tourists and locals alike.
We had a wonderful time looking for them.
And I’m sure we missed many.
Blue skies, history there on the rocks, sunshine on our faces.
Can’t beat it.
Change Is Hard 
February 15, 2011 at 3:12 am
What a great place you’re in! The place is really exotic and unique!
It looks so sunny and bright, I would have thought it’s summer there too!
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February 15, 2011 at 6:07 am
OK, I’ve got a guess now…Alber…I have no idea how to spell that.
Looks awesome! History, nature, sun, how could it be any better?
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February 15, 2011 at 7:40 am
So jealous of your beautiful sunny location! Hope you are having a wonderful time!
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February 15, 2011 at 6:35 pm
OOOH that just brings back so many memories. I grew up in Santa Fe and Los Alamos-the White Rock area of New Mexico and we spent every weekend finding Indian Ruins and Petroglyphs and things like that, I have always found them so fascinating and boy I miss having all that history around to explore. Very cool, love the pictures!
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February 15, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Technical question: The paintings on the rocks up in Lake Superior Provincial Park are called pictographs, and the explanation I remember is that petroglyphs are not drawn on but carved into the rock. Does my memory deceive me? (It wouldn’t be the first time.) Anyway, I’m so glad you are having a wonderful time out West and am trying not to be too jealous!
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February 15, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Kathy – glad to bring back happy memories for you.
PJ – Yes, the petroglphys are actually “pecked” by hitting the rock with another, harder, rock, etching the figures into the stone.
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February 15, 2011 at 10:33 pm
I love the southwest.
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February 16, 2011 at 2:48 am
You look so cute sitting on that rock, wearing a happy green windbreaker! Do you feel like the kid you look like?
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February 16, 2011 at 2:14 pm
I love this stuff. You should be nicely thawed out. Have fun!
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February 16, 2011 at 10:14 pm
PS: Kathy – we were actually staying in Los Alamos that night…today we drove through White Rock and I thought of you.
Linda; Yes, I am STILL the kid…always will be! 🙂
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