VSO has a good friend—a native of Escalante—who has spent a lot of time scrambling around in the canyons—places like North Creek and Main Canyon. Over the years he has spotted dozens and dozens (hundreds?) of aboriginal artifacts. When we lived there, everyone called them Moquis. Wallace Stegner says that Moqui is a corruption of Hopi. Which means it is probably the same people group as what we've also been calling Anasazi. Of course, none of that is correct anymore. I believe that the proper term is "ancestral puebloan."
In any case, we went over there yesterday to see some of the finds. We banged around with a couple of VSO's friends in the canyons for a couple of hours. Most of the observations were by binocular because there was too much climbing and scrambling involved to see each one. Plus, the weather refused to cooperate: It was cold, blustery, and snowy for most of four or five hours. We did spend a minute climbing up to this little granary (below). It looks just like an eye, doesn't it?
When we were done hunting for masonry, we stopped at the Slot Canyons Inn so VSO could drop off a couple of paintings. While we waited, EDO made two very good friends. To see her with her friends, click here.
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