3 April ‘08
Thursday
Just 15 miles further north of the sand dunes was our overnight stay…this was our 2nd Wal-Mart parking lot stay since we started all of this. We stayed in Alamogordo, New Mexico which is a small town that is mostly supported by the military installations around the area. Another 30 miles north from Alamogordo is a very interesting place to spend some time. It’s called the 3 Rivers Petro glyph Site. They have recorded well over 21,000 petroglyphs that were left for us to enjoy by the prehistoric Native Americans from 1,000 years ago.
Thursday
Just 15 miles further north of the sand dunes was our overnight stay…this was our 2nd Wal-Mart parking lot stay since we started all of this. We stayed in Alamogordo, New Mexico which is a small town that is mostly supported by the military installations around the area. Another 30 miles north from Alamogordo is a very interesting place to spend some time. It’s called the 3 Rivers Petro glyph Site. They have recorded well over 21,000 petroglyphs that were left for us to enjoy by the prehistoric Native Americans from 1,000 years ago.
The pictures were made with stone tools by removing the dark patina on the exterior of the rock. Some of the pertroglyphs were made by simply scratching the patina to the lighter layer below and others were created by striking (“pecking”) through the patina. The site is about 5 miles off of the highway and sits on about 60 acres of an area of small hills that over look the vast flatlands below.
They feel that this was most likely a trading area for all the different tribes that frequented the area from miles away. As we go into all of these different sites, we are constantly reminded that this is “snake country” and they are now out. I hope that we don’t get complacent, but so far we haven’t seen or heard one of the rattlers, but we’ll keep our eyes and ears open…