Saturday's adventure of course included riding ATVs, but also included a great hike in Horseshoe Canyon to the Great Gallery. Horseshoe Canyon is actually a remote extention of Canyonlands National Park. The hike started by dropping 850 feet into the canyon. The 6.5 mile round-trip hike included 4 different rock art sites with the last site being The Great Galley. The Great Gallery contains one of the most significant rock art collections in North America. My photos don't do it justice. Some of the rock art is life-sized and done with a combination of both pictograph (painting) & pectroglyph (decoratviely chipping away of the stone wall) style. Some of the rock art is carbon dated to approximately 2000 to 4000 BC. It was amazing stuff to see.
Rock Art site #1
Jeff & Randall & the rest of the bunch.
Rock Art site #2
Rock Art site #3
Rock Art site #4. The Great Gallery, named The Holy Ghost.
Karlee & Erika lunchin' it away from the crowd.
It's great having friends that love ya no matter how many days it's been since you've showered.
The Stokes Folks
The Heaths
The Fairbanks de-sanding their shoes.
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