On our way back from our Grand Canyon adventure, I talked my friends into a making a couple of stops along the way. If nothing else, it's good for us all to stretch our legs. The first stop is a rather strange site. In a subdivision on the edge of St. George, UT, two giant boulders carved with ancient indigenous petroglyphs has had the tenth of an acre or so around it designated as Bloomington Petroglyph Park. It seems strange to see very nice residential housing surrounding the rock art, but as long as it is protected, I have no specific complaints about this arrangement.
The boulder itself is covered with recti-linear and anthropomorphic designs, including one of the most perfect spirals I've seen in all of my rock art hunting. The flat vertical face of the larger boulder is home to the highest concentration of figures, but the petroglyphs are pretty much on all exposed sides of the boulders. We take a few minutes to examine them, before heading off towards Reno. It was a nice stop and great to stretch our legs while seeing this ancient art work.
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