Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Sears Point Petroglyphs

I went to Sears Point yesterday to see the petroglyphs. Very nice, and a bit of a challenge to get to. I wouldn't try this trip during monsoon season. As I lack a 4WD vehicle, I went in my Chevy Malibu. The sand was a little soft in a couple areas, but nothing that worried me. I did however decide to take a 'shortcut' back to the freeway.
A shortcut can be a little like a drinking binge. You barely survive it and afterwards promise to never do it again. Until the next time of course. The road looked OK on the mapping software, but the sand was really soft and I bottomed out in a few places. Bottoming out of course brought vivid memories of cracking my oil pan on that trip back in June. And we were out in the sticks. Forget a tow truck, we would have needed a helicopter to get out of the spot we were in if we got stuck. I'm just gonna have to break down and get myself a 4WD early next year. Otherwise you might see me on the evening news.

Like I said, the glyphs were great. This place kind of threw me for a loop because there was a heavy concentration of glyphs on the north side of the mountain. Usually you find glyphs on east and west sides as they often interact with the sun.
I have no idea what this image means, but there were about half a dozen glyphs with this theme. On top of the mountain (I think it was actually a mesa) there was a rock formation that represented this style of petroglyph.