What a beautiful place. We spent all day in one area and still didn't see everything. There were lots of petroglyphs that were awesome and lots of crevisis and little canyons to climb in. When we got home I did alittle research on petroglyphs. Did you know that touching the petroglyphs ruins them? The oils from our hand causes them to darken and eventually deteriorate. Glad we didn't touch them. They are shuting down parts of Gold Butte because people are littering, touching petroglyphs and graphiting on things. They also want you to stay on the trails because there is a type of dark soil that is living. Once it is stepped on it dies. Like a small plant basicly.Interesting HUH!!Wednesday, April 23, 2008
HIKING AT GOLD BUTTE
What a beautiful place. We spent all day in one area and still didn't see everything. There were lots of petroglyphs that were awesome and lots of crevisis and little canyons to climb in. When we got home I did alittle research on petroglyphs. Did you know that touching the petroglyphs ruins them? The oils from our hand causes them to darken and eventually deteriorate. Glad we didn't touch them. They are shuting down parts of Gold Butte because people are littering, touching petroglyphs and graphiting on things. They also want you to stay on the trails because there is a type of dark soil that is living. Once it is stepped on it dies. Like a small plant basicly.Interesting HUH!!
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