The Best and Worst of Moab

Woke up to another sunny day. Worked on our computers then Nancy and I went shopping  stopping in at  our favourite wood, photo gallery and yarn stores. They had a group of old timers using the spinning wheels and the owners young daughter was playing between the stacks of yarn. It felt warm and welcoming and the yarns were gorgeous. A successful trip.  

Home in time for lunch and a nap before we headed out on a road that along the Green river and then climbs into the hills a bit to Hunter Canyon.  

People were camping and squatting all along the river portion. Some pretty run down trailers mixed in with some creative back to the lander type structures.  Lots of jeeps and ATVs on side trails. When we got to the canyon it started out as a lovely walk then we started to hear what I thought at first were gun shots.  When we rounded a corner there was a couple of young guys up on the ridge throwing boulders crashing down towards the trail and a small group further along egging them on. We chose discretion turned around and headed back to the truck. The whole experience the antithesis of what area has been about for us. 

The best part of the road was that there were a lot of petroglyphs on the rocks. We found the most amazing and complex set on what is called The Birthing Rock.  The rock is visible from the road and unprotected yet there is little or no vandalism on it.  I think it speaks to the respect for the subject matter and the power of the images.  

The Birthing Rock

Maybe the midwife or shaman with woman giving birth?

The delivery

We think this may be the placenta linked to the umbilical cord and infant

This rock was in the middle of Uranium country and this six toed food may have been a result of exposure

Time to move on to appreciate how determined life is in spite of hardship

We headed back to Arches and had a great photo shoot going down Park Avenue and over behind one of the monuments until sunset.  There is a lovely little Thai restaurant close to our condo where we had a late dinner and home to an early night.    

Sunset on Park Avenue