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| Hiking | 20.15 Miles |
1,404 AEG |
| | Hiking | 20.15 Miles | 22 Days 13 Hrs 40 Mns | | |
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| no partners | | Including three different walks on the flats of Perry Mesa done over the three weeks between Mar23 and Apr14. I can't figure out how to delete the 22 days from my total time, but the total walking time of 13:40 is right.
Most of the interesting cultural stuff on Perry Mesa is along the edge, where water is available down the hill. I did a lengthy "central mesa" walk about 10 years ago, wondering if I'd find anything interesting - but there wasn't much. The grass was high.
Since then I've occasionally happened across a "surprise" petroglyph or two but what encouraged the present walks is 1) some HAZ buddies told me there were glyphs to be found scattered about the center of the mesa, and 2) I know first hand that post-burn conditions up there are very favorable for this sort of thing: not much grass and the small/medium size boulders are easy to see and walk to. All three of these walks were loops starting near the New Windmill.
The first walk was sort of disappointing. I only saw a few minor petroglyphs on the rocks I passed.
The second walk was better. I covered more ground and was happy to find several scattered petroglyphs which were bordering on decent. It reminded me that the fun is just the surprise of seeing something unexpected in the middle of nowhere.
Anyway that encouraged me to go back the following week, walk a different loop and see some more stuff.
The three walks combined into one photoset. |
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