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Petroglyph National Monument
I was en route to Albuquerque on Amtrak with several other railroaders; we were being deadheaded to Belen New Mexico to crew trains moving west out of Belen. We were going to have about 10 hours off before going on duty so I was hoping to spend the afternoon finishing the last section of Piedras Marcadas Canyon that I had not been able to complete the last time that I was there. I had only about half a mile of the canyon to finish and was looking forward to the hike and the petroglyphs.
A friend and fellow engineer, Joe asked if he could tag along. I was glad to have the company. We grabbed my car from the depot parking lot and headed back to Albuquerque and Piedras Marcadas. We parked at a small playground parking area that provides access to the canyon about half a mile south of the main parking area. This put us right at the area that I had previously missed.
We spent about 4 hours hiking up and down the face of the escarpment searching out the petroglyphs and photographing them. We hiked a total of about 2.5 miles along the base of the mesa before we had circled back to the car. I was amazed at the large quantity of petroglyphs in this last section of the canyon. We located hundreds and had a great time. This area of Petroglyph National Monument has the highest concentration of petroglyphs with nearly 5,000 here. |
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