IntrepidXJ's Adventure Blog

Day 365. The last day. The day that felt like it would never come. Well, it’s here. I decided to finish off this photo project the same way I started it….with a black and white photo of the birthday present I bought for myself this year. Especially since this present will be my main camera in the field for a while…..so you’ll be seeing a lot of photos taken with it!

I’ll be going away this weekend for my birthday, but when I get back there will be a few more posts to finish off this 30-365 Photo Project, so keep a lookout for those!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

After leaving Shay Canyon I continued on down Indian Creek Canyon to find some more petroglyphs.

I started out at this large panel just above the highway. This is a cool panel as it spans two sections of the canyon wall which is separated by a large gap. Inside that gap there are even more petroglyphs!

Full Indian Creek Panel

A close-up of the panel with the crescent moons.

Crescent Moon Panel

One of the more interesting figures on this panel.

Big Feet

Next to the panels above are some very cool petroglyphs, however they are very hard to see and even harder to photograph! Here’s the best shots I was able to get when I was there…

Scorpion & Snakes

Long Snakes

Centipede & Circles

After checking out these panels, I hiked up the short side canyon looking for more rock art. I managed to find just a few more…

Indian Creek Petroglyphs 2

Indian Creek Petroglyphs

Indian Creek Anthropomorph

Stay tuned for the last installment of this day-trip……and yes, there’s even a little more rock art to come!

I went with Jackson during our lunch break to take this photo of one of two Western Screech Owls in a tree at his parents house. Only one more day to go….

Saturday, February 5, 2011

After taking some photos at Newspaper Rock, I headed over to Shay Canyon. This was my first visit to this canyon, and I knew there should be a lot of petroglyphs here. I was not disappointed! I spent a while here walking along the canyon wall searching for and photographing the many petroglyphs found here.

Most of the time I was in Shay Canyon the skies were overcast, but right before I was ready to hike back to the Jeep the clouds cleared a little and the sunlight reflected off the canyon walls. I snapped these two photos when that happened.

Look Up in Shay Canyon

Shay Canyon Petroglyph Panels

One of the larger petroglyph panels.

This panel was located high above next to a crack in the canyon wall.

This is the another of the so-called ‘mastodon’ petroglyphs in the area (another being the Moab Mastodon). To me it looks just like another bear…

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We woke to up 5 inches of snow in Grand Junction this morning. I took this photo of a cone buried in the new snow in the Main Street construction area this morning during my break.