Outlaw Country

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You may ask "Have we tired of Canyons yet?"

In a nut shell, No!

Everyone we have visited so far, has had something different going for it.......

Now we are starting to hear about outlaws and how they had their hideouts in the canyons.

Well, we can believe that.
Who else in their right mind would want to be there, with temperatures reaching the 100s?

Not us, that's for certain!!!

Really enjoyed Capital Reef National Park.
And we learned about The Fermont Petroglyphs.

(We can even spell it now)

Rock Art
The Fremont people lived throughout Utah 700 to 1300 AD.
The culture was named for the Fremont River and its valley in which many of the first Fremont sites were discovered.
Pictographs (painted) and petroglyphs (carved or pecked) are depictions of people, animals and other shapes and forms left on rock surfaces.
Anthropomorphic (human-like) figures usually have trapezoidal shaped bodies with arms, legs and fingers.
The figures are often elaborately decorated with headdresses, ear bobs, necklaces, clothing items and facial expressions.
A wide variety of zoomorphic (animal-like) figures include bighorn sheep, deer, dogs, birds, snakes and lizards.
Abstract designs, geometric shapes and handprints are also common.

So there you go, you learn something new every day.......

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Photos

Hollow mountain garage...
Refueling in Hanksville.
And yes, it is a cave!!!

Outlaw country...
Butch & Sundance hid out in these here parts...

Well known outlaws on this post...
There's even a reward.
"It's like being in a cowboy movie!"

The guy in the box don't look to good...
Maybe he was part of a posse sent out to git the outlaws....

Ok! Where is the road?
They are joking!
Aren't they?

Next stop.
Capital Reef.

Look! There's a stream!
We'll be ok for water now.....

Behunin Cabin..
In 1882 Elijah Cutler Behunin lived here it was a family of 10. Must have been like living in the garden shed...

Navajo Dome...
The Dome is a small remnant from a Sahara like desert....

Fermont Petroglyphs..
Petroglyphs (carved or pecked) are depictions of people, animals and other shapes and forms left on rock surfaces.

More Petroglyphs
Thank you Rexanna and Shirley for pointing them out. Cos' I missed them completely!!!

Doesn't look like rain to me!
But I'd better move the car just in case.....

The million dollar road to Boulder
This section of Scenic Byway 12 was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Prior to 1935, mail and supplies were carried to Boulder by mules and packhorses on Hell's Backbone or the Boulder Mail Trail, both hazardous.

Over looking The Grand Staircase.
It's perhaps the world's most dramatic natural staircase: the rocks that form the steps of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument climb 5,000 feet to the rim of Bryce Canyon.

Powell Point.
It dominates the landscape rising 10,188 feet above sea level.

Comments

[Marg]

Great pics
You are sending some great pics & Videos, And still look as if your enjoying yourselves, you'll down earth with a bump in a few weeks time. Hope the rain stops by then, sounds like we in for another DELUGE Wet feet again

[tracie]

wishing i was there to see ..... looks amazing

[skid skim]

Rain in England?
Remind us to pack raincoats!!!

[skid skim]

Looks amazing
It certainly is, wish you were here too. Get well soon sweetie xxxx