On our way to our next planned site, we begin noticing a number of petroglyphs along the walls of this canyon cut by the Colorado and soon find a marker calling this the Highway 279 Rock Art Site. So, this is a bonus site! There are numerous panels etched into the walls above the highway and we stop for several of the more interesting ones as we drive back towards Moab.
Most of these are similar to the site we just left at Poison Spider area, but the desert pantina is darker here providing a rich contrast between the images carved by those long-ago artists and the stone surface surrounding them. All in all, there several hundred images stretching along this cliff over the course of a mile or so. Some of them are up pretty high and must have required patience and agility to create. I would love to stop for each and every one, but we don't have time for it and are forced to continue on toward our next planned site.
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