2023-04-07, 07:12 PM
And on the very last day, we went to the pictograph site on the east side of the park.
![[Image: d23_2998.jpg]](https://web.media.mit.edu/~geek/webpix/dv23/d23_2998.jpg)
Obviously if you've been there you recognize the pix, but if not, I'm not going to say more about their location here. I had been trying to locate these for about 20 years and it was quite amazing to finally find them, with the help of a few friends who have been there. But I was actually able to set a tentative best guess waypoint a while ago which was only about 30 yards away. Good luck if you search, it was a thrill to find them.
![[Image: d23_3001.jpg]](https://web.media.mit.edu/~geek/webpix/dv23/d23_3001.jpg)
I had dreamt of sitting in the shade of the cool overhang protecting this art, on a clear and sunny day, and chilling while finally getting time to take a lunch break. And so we did. The nearby habitation site is also interesting with some old walls and a petro (maybe more?)
![[Image: d23_3014.jpg]](https://web.media.mit.edu/~geek/webpix/dv23/d23_3014.jpg)
The area is also just covered with lithic scatter so it is easy to think about what it must have been like for those who inhabited this area, and got late season water from the various nearby potholes (many of which were still full)
![[Image: d23_3015.jpg]](https://web.media.mit.edu/~geek/webpix/dv23/d23_3015.jpg)
We went out via the much more well known petroglyphs, some of which were quite nice. And one small one I notice had been partially attempted to be removed, marked by two recent straight lines worked with a cold chisel. A grim reminder as to why we don't say more about such places, I'm sad to say.
![[Image: d23_3032.jpg]](https://web.media.mit.edu/~geek/webpix/dv23/d23_3032.jpg)
We left the valley the next day, in rain and even a bit of snow going over Towne Pass, driving south down the Panamint and Searles valley seeing nothing but fog and some flooded roads and lake beds. End of an excellent trip!
Obviously if you've been there you recognize the pix, but if not, I'm not going to say more about their location here. I had been trying to locate these for about 20 years and it was quite amazing to finally find them, with the help of a few friends who have been there. But I was actually able to set a tentative best guess waypoint a while ago which was only about 30 yards away. Good luck if you search, it was a thrill to find them.
I had dreamt of sitting in the shade of the cool overhang protecting this art, on a clear and sunny day, and chilling while finally getting time to take a lunch break. And so we did. The nearby habitation site is also interesting with some old walls and a petro (maybe more?)
The area is also just covered with lithic scatter so it is easy to think about what it must have been like for those who inhabited this area, and got late season water from the various nearby potholes (many of which were still full)
We went out via the much more well known petroglyphs, some of which were quite nice. And one small one I notice had been partially attempted to be removed, marked by two recent straight lines worked with a cold chisel. A grim reminder as to why we don't say more about such places, I'm sad to say.
We left the valley the next day, in rain and even a bit of snow going over Towne Pass, driving south down the Panamint and Searles valley seeing nothing but fog and some flooded roads and lake beds. End of an excellent trip!