IntrepidXJ's Adventure Blog

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Early Saturday morning I set off for Indian Creek to explore and find some new rock art. My first stop of the day was, of course, Newspaper Rock, so that I could practice and play with my new 100-400mm lens 😉 Here’s a few photos I took there.

Newspaper Rock Scene

Flying Squirrels

Newspaper Anthropomorph

Successful Hunt

Footprints to the Spot

Wagon Wheel Anthropomorph

Sheep & Flying Squirrel

Newspaper Rock Scene

Newspaper Rock Scene

Newspaper Buffalo

Stay tuned for the rest of my day-trip… There’s a lot more new rock art to come!

Just a fun picture I took downtown today. I was walking by this bank and noticed my reflection in all of the windows, so I took a picture of it.

This afternoon my friend Jackson and I spent a few hours exploring Plateau Creek. I wanted to stop by a rock art panel, and he was in search of some birds to photograph. Here’s a few photos I took.

The full petroglyph panel we visited…

One of the more interesting figures

After checking out the petroglyphs, we were visited by some bighorn sheep high above us

Jackson trying to get a shot of a swan

I believe this was a Robin

This guy just started at us from behind the fence along the road

I think Jackson said this was a Red-Tailed Hawk

I headed up to the Grand Mesa area with my friend Jackson for a few hours this afternoon. Along the way I stopped at this Ute petroglyph panel that is unfortunately pretty vandalized. This is the first rock art site I have visited near the Grand Mesa, though.

On my way to Indian Creek and Shay Canyon, I stopped by Newspaper Rock so I could use my new 100-400mm lens to isolate some of the petroglyphs. Here’s a small portion with two flying squirrel petroglyphs.