Petroglyphs



The Cliff face with the
'Remember the Maine'

Well it didn't work, first thing Thursday, back into Vernal but this time it's an oil change for the car.  We get that taken care of, then pick up a sub(from Jimmy Johns) and head out of town heading for the petroglyphs.  On the way we passed another 'Roadside America' stop, so we pulled into the park across the street to take some pictures and decided to have lunch while we were there.  On the rocks about 70 to a 100 feet up is an American Flag painted on the rock wall of the Canyon with the motto of  'Remember the Maine'.  It was originally painted in 1898, and has been maintained over the years, an interesting site to see.  After that we headed to the 'Indian Petroglyphs in Dry Fork Canyon'.  There is no set fee, but they do

Picture of what is painted
on the cliff Face

 ask for a $4.00 donation, per car to do the tour.  It is on private property where they have put in a parking lot and a shed that contains a visitors log and refrigerator with water.  They also have walking sticks for you to use if you so desire, so we paid our donation and headed up the trail.  Now this is not an "OSHA" approved trail and involved a couple of extremely high steps, narrow walkways between rock and boulders and some really steep gravel inclines.  It took us about 2 hours to walk the whole thing (yes it is the same on the return trip), but it was interesting and worth the time. We got home, talked with Jim for a while, then the three of us had burgers and BBQ Chips for dinner, yum.  

 

I have included the many pictures of the petroglyphs below:  https://picasaweb.google.com/115574168101787483704/IndianPetroglyphsDryForkCanyon?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCP7i2OuiwuatBA&feat=directlink

 

Friday is our stay at home day, planning on relaxing and not doing much before work on Saturday.  Well we did stay at home, but between cleaning the inside of the Moho, scrubbing the floors, 3 loads of laundry, a little jigsaw puzzle time and a 2 mile walk, the day went pretty fast.  It was a beautiful day which made it nice to have all the windows open and it was even somewhat rewarding to get all the cleaning done and to be able to hang the clothes on the line to dry.  We had a nice steak dinner, with mushrooms and a baked potato.  A little relaxing and off to bed by 10:00.

 

Saturday, Sunday and Monday are work days, so needless to say not much happened.  Saturday was pretty busy, we had over 120 launches, with well over 400 people go down the river.  It was steadily busy and the day went really fast.  We had one fisherman stop in, he had lost a fishing pole and case the day before and wanted to know if it had been turned in.  Jim had told Brad about finding the rod the day before and he had turned it into the office.  So I call Chris, he finds the rod and brings it over to the ramp area, and asked me never to look for lost and found on the weekends again.  It just so happened we were fortunate that he was in the office, and they prefer the owners call in during the week to their things back.  Back home a nap for Brad and Rudy, about a 1.5 mile walk then back home in time for a chat with the neighbors.  After that we have sausages for dinner and Jim joined us once again. After that Fred stopped over to chat and our three dogs were running about for their evening exercise when Rudy came up limping.  We checked his paw for a thorn and ended up finding a broken dew claw.  After that I went and was doing dishes, making coffee and getting the regular evening things done, when Chris stopped by and ended up talking with Brad and Jim for about 45 min.  All in all it was a good day, late night as it was about 9:30 until Chris left, so a quick shower and off to bed with us all. 

 

Sunday and Monday were really slooooow days, about 45 launches on Sunday and only about 30 on Monday, what a change from Saturday.  The strange things is, one more time a fishing rod is found, but this time, we just took it home with us to take it back to the ramp tomorrow in case anybody looks for it.  After that Sunday was our usual routine, back home a quick lunch and a nap for Brad

At the overlook
on the phone!!

and Rudy, then the 1.5 mile walk.  We headed out about 4:00 to the overlook, a call to dad and about a 45 min talk, then a quick call to Lynne that wasn't as long as it could have been, since Brad was waiting patiently, neither of his girls were home to talk to.  We pulled in just before Jim, so we got together for a quick drink, then Jim invited us over for chicken on the grill, OK, we took vegetables and had a very nice meal together.  Fred stopped over and talked for a little while, then Don and Jan stopped in when they got back from the visitors center.  We all talked for a while, then we headed home, not realizing it was already 8:30.  Rudy's paw is no better and he has licked all the hair off along his dew claw, so we'll have to keep an eye on it to decide if we need to go to the vet.  After that dishes get done, coffee made, shower taken and Brad and Rudy head to bed about 9:45 with me following about 10:15.  Another long day. 

 

Monday morning one of the guides did show up looking for the fly-rod that was left behind yesterday, and to our surprise, the darn thing was worth about $3,000.00, ouch, that would hurt to loose.  It was so slow, we left  about noon and headed up to the Red Canyon Lodge for lunch.   It's about 70 out, so we decided to have lunch on the deck and enjoy the view of the lake.  After about 15 min. the rain moved in, but not enough to run us inside, just made me switch seats, it didn't last long, then the sun came out again and dried everything out.  We grabbed the mail as we were leaving, then headed down to the visitor center to give the Smith's their package.  As we headed back home, the wind starts to blow again and you can see the rain storm heading our way.  We let Rudy out for a quick break, then back inside as the rain begins, Brad and Rudy head off for their daily nap, while I start the blog.  They napped about 30 min., then went for a short walk between the rain showers.  The temperature went from 70 degrees about noon to 60 at 4:00, what a change.  The wind is still

Mule Deer

blowing, so we are sure there is more rain to come.  I guess it will be a stay at home night, with left overs for dinner.  One more day of work before our 3 days off, hopefully tomorrow will be a little busier, ha ha ha.  Just after dinner Rudy starts to bark, when we look out the window there is a mule deer in the front yard.  After about a half hour of watching her, she ended up walking right in front of the RV.  No fear from the dog barking or me standing inside taking a picture. 

 

PS:  Rudy's paw is no better so I guess we will get him in to see the vet. 

 

Thanks for the visit,

Diane and Brad