Took a trip to Bluff, Utah to hike the Comb Ridge area and view some archaeological sites. This area is loaded with Native American history dating back as far as 300 BC. The people that once lived here are the descendants of todays Navajo, Hopi and Utes and possibly other tribes may also claim them…
Agua Fria is a special place with so many archaeological sites it would take years to explore them all if you went every day. This last trip with friends showed me a couple I’d been wanting to see, and a couple I didn’t know about. Needless to say, it was an amazing trip! These petroglyphs…
Along the Gila river Hohokam and Patayan tribes made their homes here for over 500 years. Two different tribes, two different cultures, that spoke different languages, but managed to live together and possibly work together. Both of these peoples left their mark on the land they called home before they left around 1400ad. Pueblos, pit…
If you go hiking in Spur Cross in the town of Cave Creek, you may find yourself on a trail that eventually takes you into the Tonto National Forest. Yes, it’s still desert, but it is a wildlife refuge, and holds plenty of history from before the colonization of America. Our hike led us through…
Went searching for a specific petroglyph in Agua Fria today but could not find it. Instead, we found a ruin and some very interesting petroglyphs. We started out in the rain, and ended up with warm sunshine to finish the hike. Agua Fria is not easy hiking if you’re not on a trail. The rocks,…
With the slightly cooler weather approaching as summer starts to subside, a long awaited trip to Agua Fria National Monument was already a treat in itself, but this location in particular was very special. Arrastre Creek has some very old, and very unique petroglyphs carved into the rocks by the Hohokam people who lived here…
