After enjoying Zion, we searched Google and found a couple of places to go that we had never been before. One, just across the Utah – Arizona border and just outside of St. George a bit, the Little Black Mountain Petroglyph Site was our first destination. The directions were sketchy, and there was only one sign pointing the way at the beginning of a maze of dirt roads through the high desert. With roads branching off constantly, we just tried to stay on the one that looked like it had the most traffic. After several miles, off in the distance we spotted a sun cover, a porta-potty and a picnic table – bingo!
According to the BLM, this site, consisting of over 500 glyphs, was made by members of several different native American groups over an 8,000-year period. Scientists believe the site was used for religious and ceremonial purposes, as well as for seasonal observations. This was certainly not the most impressive grouping of rock art that we have seen, but it was quite impressive.
The big bonus is that it has literally been a year since we have done any exploring like this. We had to search out the site from pretty sketchy directions. When we finally got there, it was a really cool find. On top of it all, it was so remote that there was nobody there, so we explored to our hearts content, and didn’t have to even think of the potential of Covid exposure. Oh, the feeling of momentarily being back to normal was awesome!
Talking to you soon.
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