Check out the dazzling photos by David Kelly in today's travel section of the LA Times.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/california/la-tr-anasazi-cedar-mesa-utah-20140216-photos,0,4616271.photogallery#axzz2tWafhYvW
Kelly's report on the Anazasi treasures of Cedar Mesa tells me what I missed when I drove Hwy. 261 through there last summer.
https://picasaweb.google.com/102150538747404124091/UtahHwy261
I thought that over-the-cliff highway from Utah 95 to Mexican Hat was the main attraction, but now
I will go back to explore the canyons of Cedar Mesa and look at the ruins. Apparently those marked on the map of Natural Bridges National Monument are just the beginning.
Mountains, volcanoes, cliffs and layers of colored rock always delight me--what a thrill to envision continents being formed, sediment being laid down, raised, and eroded.
But when you add the human dimension--ancient people beholding these views, building homes, growing corn and beans, painting on rock--you feel the mystery of human life on this planet.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/california/la-tr-anasazi-cedar-mesa-utah-20140216-photos,0,4616271.photogallery#axzz2tWafhYvW
Kelly's report on the Anazasi treasures of Cedar Mesa tells me what I missed when I drove Hwy. 261 through there last summer.
https://picasaweb.google.com/102150538747404124091/UtahHwy261
I thought that over-the-cliff highway from Utah 95 to Mexican Hat was the main attraction, but now
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| Can you find the four switchbacks in this photo? |
Mountains, volcanoes, cliffs and layers of colored rock always delight me--what a thrill to envision continents being formed, sediment being laid down, raised, and eroded.
But when you add the human dimension--ancient people beholding these views, building homes, growing corn and beans, painting on rock--you feel the mystery of human life on this planet.
