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| | Hiking | 3.85 Miles | 2 Hrs | | 1.93 mph |
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| no partners | | My daughter was in town for a 3-day weekend and tells me at ~7:30AM she'd like to do something outside but has to see her friends after lunch. I do a quick calculation and decide we could try Richinbar. I print out Randall's description, grab my pack and off we go.
A couple interesting things. We never went "north enough" to find the main petroglyph site. However I had preloaded the location of what I think is the main Pueblo (clearly visible in the satellite view - thanks Joe for Route Manager) and we did go there. As near as I can tell most of the other logs missed this place. It's location is roughly due west of the mine ruin on the ridge. After studying the other triplogs for this site it seems there is another ruin nearer the river - guess I need to go back.
Not a lot of pottery sherds at the main ruin though we noticed plenty of flaked quartz and some obsidian. I guessed that the cliff band further to the south might have some petroglyphs but we didn't see any, though we did notice a bedrock grinding area just above the cliff edge.
Cool area and certainly convenient access to the mesa. Back home by noon. |
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