MORE HIKING AROUND BLUFF

31 March 2017:  We ended up camping at Sand Island campground on the San Juan River as the wind has been pretty strong around here.  There are quite a few cottonwood trees to break the wind.  Have been doing some more hiking and driving around this area.  Have found some great petroglyph panels in different areas.  This post will be just a lot of pictures, some of them will be while we were still at Muley Point.

Our last evening at Muley Point.

Some sunset pictues.

One last look at a Monument Valley Sunrise.

Some ruins.

This piece of wood holding up this doorway is over a thousand years old.

Where they ground the corn.

Old walls that are still standing.

And lots of hand prints on the walls.

This site actually had a spring in the back of the alcove so they did not have to carry their water.

An old hand print.

Near the top of the Comb Ridge.

 

Lots of hand prints.

Zeph at the campground wondering why he can't go swimming.

And here he is catching a nap while riding in the jeep.

Driving on the Comb Wash.

The views were great.

The River Ruins.

And more petrogryphs to come.

HIKING INTO THE RUINS

27 March 2017:  We have been doing a lot of hiking in the canyons around Bluff, UT.  Seeing lots of petroglyphs and ruins.  Some of the hikes have been fairly easy and others a little more difficult for this old guy.  Not as nimble as I used to be that is for sure.  I am behind on my posts as we have not had internet or good cell phone service for quite some time.  We are actually in Blanding, UT at the present time on a resupply run.  Just one night and then will be going back down to the Bluff area and finish what we had started.  Won’t be camping up on Muley Point though as it was a little cool up there.

Lots of petroglyphs.

Many or most of the sights don't have established trails.

View from the top of Comb Ridge.

This comb ridge is quite a formation.

Another picture of sunrise on Monument Valley.

Panoramic from Comb Ridge.

Connie with the binocs seeing if she can find more ruins in this canyon.

This is the sign on a gate into some BLM land with cattle behind the gate.

Zeph is not that impressed with ruins.

This alcove had petroglyphs on the floor instead of on the walls or ceiling.  This is a first for us to ever see them like that.

This is the view driving up the Moki Dugway which we had to do going and coming from our hikes.

It is mostly one way traffic with pull outs.

Was impressed by these little water pockets all in a row.  Work good as steps going up the slick rock.