Utah Places: Rochester Panel

I have featured this image in posts her before. What do the strange pictures say?

I haven't a clue.

This panel is one of the largest and most magnificent specimens of its kind that I know of. Yet, asking learned men of the meaning gains me no insight, only confusion. They alway end up blaming me for not understanding their too-technical esoterica. Perhaps I am naive. I am as sophisticated as a comic book, perhaps. And maybe, just maybe, the creator of this particular presentation had something similar on his mind when he drew it

We'll never really know, for sure, will we.

Today, I stand back and let the experts conjecture and argue. I am just bemused by the mystery. And entranced by the shades of the so-long dead men, who so painstakingly crafted these images.

Nearby there is an excellent museum, for those who enjoy cultural antropology to accompany the field work. Thre is also a nice market and other accomodations in town for those requiring such things.

Utah Places: Dry Fork near Vernal

Ruth, what more can I say? I think you guys have even been to this place before. You know what I think. The rock art is different here, but it give me similar reason to consider: What were the people like that created the pictures? What were they thinking? Why did God allow them to leave traces like this, then be swept from the face of the earth? I wonder if we'll ever know the story. There must be much to tell, so very much to hear.

This larger-than-life figure, on the nearby McConkie ranch, is part of the so-called "Three Kings" panel. Who knows what the artist intended? All we can do is look, and wonder.