Moab~Letterboxing (Found our 100th box!!!)

We woke up Saturday morning in Moab, ate breakfast and did some goofing off at the hotel. Jax and Jem keep asking us to build a pirate ship in our yard, like the one at the hotel. Wish we could because it was tons of fun to play on.


The back of the hotel, near the pool and spa, had some amazingly beautiful murals.


Then we set off for some exploring and letterboxing in the scenic Colorado River canyon off Potash Rd., just north of Moab. We were there to find a 125 ft Petroglyph panel created during the Formative period of rock art by the Fremont Tribes dated to between 800-1200 yrs ago. We were very impressed with these Petroplyphs, the first of many we would discover today, and we were equally impressed with the terrific letterbox and hand-carved stamp, placed by 'Kat', too.
Next we drove through the very same canyon, but from the opposite side of the Colorado River. We all enjoyed seeing this different perspective of this beautiful canyon. There was so much to be awed by that I couldn't bear to take many photos. I just knew that pictures would never do this place justice. It's not so much about the rock formations or the colors, but more about size and immensity. The Canyonlands area belies explanation. It completely overwhelms all your senses.
But John still took some pretty good photos. Below are a few of them.





On this side of the canyon we found our !!!ONE HUNDREDTH LETTERBOX!!! And what a perfect letterbox for the occasion, too! This letterbox brought us to a close-kept secret place where a rare and unusual petropglyph panel depicts a birthing scene. Notice the 'feet first' position of the infant. Our minds were boggled considering that the actual birth may have taken place right at this rock. We were very impressed to be brought to this unique location. (Thank you Kat!!)
Kat placed an impressive letterbox nearby, called "Dourown Petroglyph Panel" box which included a multitude of hand-carved petroglpyh style rock art stamps, of which we were invited to stamp our own Petroglyph panels in our log books! How cool is THAT?!!.

Not too far from Kat's box, another letterboxer placed a fun box called "Art on the Rocks". This box was placed into a huge jumble of rocks that required some rock scrambling. I don't know how Jackson does it, be he always manages to find tougher hidden letterboxes, even when my own eyes can't uncover their hiding places.

Along the road into the canyon, there were a number of homes built into the rock. Some were more rustic, or basic, like a bunch of wood built against a hole in the rock, and some were elaborate stone homes, like the one being built below.
The mighty Colorado River.