Mary Panttaja

I hadn’t seen this yesterday when I posted. But in the latest National Geographic there is an article on the four corners area of the red rock dessert. Keywords to search for more on this area are: Escalante, Canyonlands, Moab, Arches, Natural Bridges.

A couple of years ago we hiked into Horseshoe Canyon to see the Great Gallery of rock art. It was quite isolated and beautiful there. It is difficult to really comprehend how old these paintings are. They are scattered through miles of Horseshoe Canyon, so people lived here for quite some time.

If you are really interested in this area, you should look into a fabulous publication called “Plateau, The Land and People of the Colorado Plateau.” It is one of the most beautiful magazines you will find. It is published by the Museum of Northern Arizona and many of the writers they use are our most gifted commentators on the natural world. They cover history, geography, geology, archeology, and ancient and contemporary art, among other things. And there are always a plenty of beautiful images and maps.