cowboys and rocks

Explanation of these pictures follows later in the blog.  I couldn't get them where I wanted them.  By the time I really get the hang of this blog and picture things, I'll be home and onto the next venture.
History in Stone

There is a blue stripe in the rock showing some previous geologic event

I was hanging over the edge to show the depth.  

I hope you can enlarge this enough to read it.





Interesting rocks along the way



Pretty view of valle



On Sunday, we went to the Cowboy Cookout.  I did get a few pictures of that, and along the way we stopped at a few jaw dropping sites.  i hope you can read the signage associated with the rock formations. I hadn't seen anything like them, and again, pictures just don't do it justice. Also, for some reason, they are at the begining of this blog instead of where I wanted them. I'm sure you'll figure it out.
Cooking area before the hordes descended 


Our driver and the horsed

General picture

getting organized for the photo op

Official picture

Wagons on which we arrived
Brenda at Petrified tree

Calcite Springs

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  1. thanAugust 16, 2019 at 11:00 PM

    Wow a lot of really good pictures. And that cowboy cook-off looked and sounded wonderful.

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