to drive to this place / I tried to take a bad road / later it backfired
at a deep rock tank / possibly a reference / to other panel
just above river / a water bird on the wing / petroglyph panel
rocking bighorn sheep / of all the places to be found / almost in a dream
An image combines / animals and geometrics / sets of paired figures
Unusual rock / lays against a canyon wall / speaking perfectly
People sought strength from birds / possibly to aid in a hunt / to fly is to dream
A wing and a staff / secret power of a bird / below the caprock
Geometric sash / high up on a canyon rim / negative designs
Heraldic images / characterize a glyph style / along the Gila
A little higher / just across the side canyon / rests a sweet panel
Petroglyphs that are / made perfectly on a cliff / textile in stone
Riders switchback up / improbably up under / possible kidnap
the Kayenta Branch / of the ancestral puebloans / created this panel
it threatened to rain / we walked a little quicker / and the sun came out
Petroglyphs and clouds / textiles and cultural icons / a zig zag balance
you rarely see the same / set of designs repeated / in the petroglyphs
a maze of canyons / petroglyph image on rim / seasonal river
unusual glyph / Meso American-like / along the Gila
powerful designs / imbue the anthropomorphs / with magic and strength
up top of that knoll / is an abandoned village / petros around it
on top of this hill / is a panoramic view / of the surroundings
On top of this rock / a positive negative / masterful design
X marks the spot where / prickly pear cactus does thrive / thick jeans are advised
reclining flautists / above a seasonal tank / still sing to the sky
Virgin River branch / how did this rock come to be? / just slid to a rest
two pahos in hand / stylized human figures / an anchor below
images bring life / on the side of a low butte / masterful designs
A halo on top / Perspective changed by a fall / a Brocken spectre?
vertical cup marks / near a spring in the desert / reached by a nice hike
Heraldic bird petroglyphs in the proposed Big Bend of the the Gila National Monument
This panel near the old state highway has been severely vandalized. I spent some time with the stamp tool on some photo processing software to hide the vandalism to highlight the great image.
Betatakin Ruin in Navajo National Monument can only be visited on a tour.
