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Ruins built into the wall of Butler Wash |
Sometimes the best getaways are not planned -- that's kinda how this trip to Bears Ears National Monument happened. Steve and I had a couple of days without the kiddos and our short list of options required 1) Somewhere we've never been 2) Escape the heat of southern Utah.
We looked at maps and forecasts and decided to roadtrip up to Bears Ears, the newly designated National Monument under Obama. There are nearly 100,000 archaeological and cultural sites found in this southeastern corner of Utah.
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Waving guy. I like him. |
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Gorgeous panel of petroglyphs, created with such precision. |
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close up of ruins -- lots of pottery and grinding stones nearby |
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My favorite panel -- cranes and ducks. And infuriatingly present are bullet holes by some Yay-hoo loser. |
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More petroglyphs -- you could find art nearly every flat wall we explored. |
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More faded glyphs |
hmmmm some non-legit but equally interesting art |
I love liberal tree-hugging Utahns |
Not really part of our "escape the heat" plan -- but we did see some cool stuff |
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