These are not great photos but the site is rather unique so I felt it might be of interest. This is Newspaper Rock. It is very close to the entrance to The Needles section of Canyonlands. The story is that for 2000 years graffiti artists have contributed to the natural canvas. If you look at the upper left corner, just a bit east of directly north you will see the contribution of some mental midget who wrote his name and date.
No one has deciphered the mess. One fellow said he had the answer but he conveniently died before he told anyone. I am a tad sceptical of the whole thing but what the . . . The lower photo is to show the size of the thing. I figured the fellow standing there would provide scale. He had been photographing and providing warning glances at anyone who might walk in front of him. Then he became glued to that spot while other wanted to photograph. Unfortunately, all the rest of us had neglect to bring our 12-gauge people filter. I report, you decide.
The photos to the right are just a couple of snaps to show the "common" landscape along the road. You mutter, "OK, enough already," and then in another mile it is, "Good grief, do you believe it?"
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