Do you know the other Grand Canyon?

Utah's Little Grand Canyon 

Only 1 and 1/2 hours from our house, in south central Utah, you will find a most glorious spot. 

Also known as "The Wedge" Utah's Little Grand Canyon is located in Emery County, Utah.

From the Wedge outlook point you can see the deepest part of the San Rafael River Canyon.

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As an added bonus and still in the San Rafael Swell area, take a side road to the Buckhorn Wash Rock Art Panel. 

A well maintained dirt road will guide you through towering Sandstone rock formations.

 The road will become more winding and narrow, you can almost feel the presence of mysterious and ancient peoples. 

Somehow these simple flowers (Fireweed) look right at home. 

And around another bend and you will discover

 The Buckhorn Wash Rock Art Panel.

Painted on freshly exposed Sandstone with powdered hematite mixed with animal fat, preserving them for thousands of years. 

A Pictograph panel which spans 130 feet.  

It was painted well over 2,000 years ago.  

 It was painted by Native Americans named by Anthropologists as the  "Barrier Canyon Culture".

And when you go there, watch the sky.  Those innocent looking and white puffy clouds can turn into dark and threatening clouds. 

The next thing you know there is a torrent of water sweeping you away.  

Have a great week, dear friends. 

Gina

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What a fortuitous find

I was rewarded with a special find yesterday when I hoed my vegetable garden

I placed it into this old cabinet hanging on the wall in our barn.

We have worked our fields and gardens for more than twenty years.

  How did this large Indian Spearhead come to the surface?  
There it laid, on top of the ground, for me to pick up and bring me luck. 

Our Spring, which flows at 39 gallons per minute, supplies water for our fields and ever changing vistas for us to enjoy.  

Long before the White Man came it is no wonder Native Americans chose this very spot, to spend a few days or a few months or maybe even years.

Today I took my new Talisman out of the old green cabinet and put it in my apron pocket.  

Have you found your Talisman?  

Thank you for stopping by dear friends and have a wonderful week.  

Gina