Vocanoes and Petroglyphs

Today we went hiking to see the petroglyphs (google's definition: rock carvings made by pecking directly on the rock surface using a stone chisel and a hammerstone. When the "desert varnish" on the surface of the rock was pecked off, the lighter rock underneath was exposed, creating the petroglyph. Archaeologists have estimated there may be over 25,000 petroglyph images along the 17 miles of escarpment within the monument boundary) and the volcanoes. It was really cool. Apparently the volcanoes aren't active anymore but they still lie on an active fault line. Pretty cool. Lots of rock climbing. or at least as close as I've ever been. Here are some pictures.



The veiw from the top of one of the volcanoes.


Holding on for dear life as the wind almost took me down!!



Exhausted!!!