Normal guy with a normal life tries to get out and see the world every chance he gets.
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Chalfant Petroglyphs (Mono County, California)
My final stop of the day is another petroglyph area, but his one is actually far below the tablelands. It resides along a dry creek bed along highway 6. I park the jeep and head down the creek bed looking for signs of the ancient artist(s). I find several, but I also find many more recent marks. Initials, dates, more modern figures - apparently, the locals have taken to decorating this area as well. Of the ancient glyphs I find, far too many have been damaged. It seems so local marksman have decided that symbols resembling shields are actually bulls-eyes and have taken to trying to hit them. Something inside me wants to find these vandals and think of them as bulls-eyes, but I digress.
As the rock art starts to disappear along the cliff heading in this direction, I decide to turn and head the opposite direction. As I make my way around a bend, I find another barricade and some amazing panels. One large symbol appears near the top in three different, but nearby locations. It is a circle with an odd image (resembling a squid) inside it. Given the scale and repetition of the symbol, it must have some significance, but the meaning is lost to the centuries.
I turn back towards the jeep and decide to head home. It's been a long day, but I've been able to visit a number of amazing sites. Perhaps when the snows melt, I will visit the area area again, as there are many more treasures to find.
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