Happy 2025 to each of you! Excited for what the New Year holds. If you'd like to join the Patreon community here's the link patreon.com/DesertDrifter?Link
Love your vids. I'm always astounded by the geology around you while walking. You like to see the ancient stuff but I'm like wait! Go back and check out that rock lol
Like you, I'm a veteran, along with my husband. I'm in my mid seventies now, unable to tramp around anywhere much, ah, but in my dreams, I'm good to go. Now I am right alongside Desert Drifter enjoying the adventure, the scenery, and the discoveries. A salute to you, sir, from one veteran to another. From this side of the pond, i wish you happy adventuring.
@@beccabbea2511 I’m not a veteran, but I have severe ankle issues due to a medical problem. So while I didn’t do any admirable service to cause my issues (was born with it), I’m with you ✊
Your channel is my favorite. I like to get off work, make dinner, eat, and watch your adventures while you educate me. Thank you for showing us the beauty and mystery of the ancient ones.
I subscribed to your channel when you had around 30k subscribers (which wasn’t too long ago), and now you’re almost at half a million. It’s no surprise, given the stunning scenery, flawless narration, and such an intriguing subject matter you share. Congratulations on your fantastic channel, Andrew. God bless, mate.
I live in Somerset England , and you single handedly have shown me just how vast America is ! Your appreciation of the people who lived there and your attention to detail is so wonderful . I appreciate every angle of photography , from the dramatic vistas to the cutaways of ice with water dancing underneath it . Your artistry and soul is precious 🙏🏻thank you
Andrew, thank you for your latest video and allowing us to live vicariously through your adventures! I especially enjoyed the images depicting the wildlife of the area which the people who lived at that time apparently held in high esteem. It seems "otherworldly" that humans could adapt to and sustain themselves in such harsh environments. That place is a treasure-trove of ancient culture.
This is one of the most beautiful canyons you've been in. I'll have to watch this again tonight. Thanks. I wish I could see things like that myself, but it's wise to keep the locations secret.
One thing is for certain, however one interprets those drawings, they tell a story. Whether we'll ever understand every one of those stories is another thing. Great channel, like many others here, I look forward to and thoroughly enjoy it. Many thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Regards, from the U.K.
Always beautiful. I'd love for you to take a look (with your eye) around my family's ranch. It's near Virgin Utah west of Zion. I be happy to give you a walk about or just access, If you would rather. In any way, you're welcome at my fire anytime. Blessings on your house in 2025
Your knowledge of the western deserts and their cultures, both ancient and present is amazing! I find your intuitive reading of the landscape that leads to these discoveries,quite fascinating. The ancient desert drifters also knew what features to look for to find conditions that were conducive to life. You are definitely tapped into spirit of natural surroundings! Thank you for sharing your experience with all of us! Looking forward to seeing more in 2025
Just a thank you for taking people along on your hikes of discovery. As a younger man I had always hoped to make trips to see the traces left for us by these ancient peoples but for one reason or another never managed to get around to it. Thanks to you and a few other content providers on RUclips, now in my 8th decade, I've at last managed to commune with the ancients through amazingly clear lenses.
@@riparianlife97701some of the abstract ancient ones are difficult to draw and this usually includes the strange spiritual beings that pop up all over the southwest at least where I have been in Utah and Vegas that are some panels that are of one age and type ancient then there are others in the moapa valley in Vegas that have series of primitive clumps of circles or cells. Probably denoting ancient counting of peoples. That lizard one looks very similar to images found in the internet that could be printed and transferred with charcoal or other chalks to make the outline and use modern tools to make all those clean curves. If ancient man in this area had today’s tools they would have excelled beyond the lizard. Also, there seem to be some type of art that are individual free style forms and others that follow rules of ratio, proportion, and order and style of the drawings that point to an agreed language that like Egyptian hieroglyphs have three or more meanings depending on their relation to each other
I just Love hoofin' around the wilderness with you in the freezing cold! (From the comfort of my couch, of course! With a blanket!)😆 Happy New Year and New Treks! God Bless!🤎💚
Happy New Year to you and you and your loved ones. Thank you for always sharing your adventures with us and teaching us to be better and kinder humans with our Mother Earth.🙏🌎
As a Scotsman i find it baffling that Americans will not revere these things as anything more than... I don't know how to say it in English, it's like finding stuff more important than Romans it's way more significant, a whole unique culture from bottom up.
When you turned around and saw that panel across the river I instantly thought of Family portraits showing off or representing two large familes to eachother on either side of the river. 🤷 Another absolutely amazing journey! Thank-you!
I need your videos !! The adventure and the amazing way you tell the story of the people who once lived there !! You make sure they're not forgotten !! 😂 Ok,ELVIS, is that YOU ??🧐
Hi from Alberta, Canada. Your channel just keeps getting better and better it became my #1 at the beginning of 2024. I'm a huge fan of the US desert SW region to start with but your content takes that to another level. I couldn't wait to see where you were going to take us in 2025, this episode was certainly over the top. A points in time there is so much to take in I just have to rewatch full episodes, some segments over and over and pausing portions to concentrate on. Looking forward to a very interesting 2025, thanks.
Interesting. I'm sure this idea has been floated a hundred times over already, but it seems like those carvings near cliffs and overhangs could easily be used to gauge the passage of time. With one quick look, you could see how far the shadow reaches over a carving, and you'd be able to tell how long you've been there or how much sunlight you have left.
Thank you for taking me ( an 81 year old lady) alone on your journeys. I really enjoy all your videos and have learned so much. I have always been fascinated with Native American history. Keep the videos coming. From Deep Southeast Mississippi. ❤
Thank you, thank you, for taking us to a place we all should know about. As with all of your videos, it's quiet, with challenges, history, and a chance to be with a small part of the world. I need to leave the nutty world I'm living/dealing with, I know others are here for the same reasons, too, THANK YOU!!! ❤😂😆😉 The sound of the water is wonderful.
Watched the entire video already. Its good. Its unbelievable you ran into a Sasquatch in the desert. I didn't think adapt Sasquatches could adopt to an hot environment like that.
Thank you! You’re doing AMAZING work! I very much appreciate your contribution! It’s extremely worthy. I only found you almost a year ago, and you’ve become a favorite in these crazy times. The only certainty is change; and the ancients pass the message. God Bless, ❤
I wonder if anyone has studied and documented that long line and gathered people wall art? That looks like a very long and important journey being committed to historic records by those people. Showing the various tribes or tribal members, the game hunted along the trail , possibly landmarks along the way and time according to either the sun,sky,stars and the moon following their journey during the traveling. It looks important to me to them, you dig?😁👍 Thanks again so much for sharing your thoughts time and showing us these rare treasures! Happy New Year 🎉
New panel= Andrew's equivalent of a dog thinking "SQUIRREL!!!". Andrew: "I can't stop at all of th...OOOHHH, that one looks COOL." 😂 😂😂 I love these little adventures you take us on. Thank you so much. I LOVE and miss the desert, I will eventually get back to that side of the country. Until then, I am hanging out with lots of trees and can only rarely glimpse the horizon, and living vicariously through your videos. I was very sad about not being able to see the horizon when I got to Virginia. It is beautiful here, but even after 11 years, it doesn't TRULY feel like Home. 💚
@@cronocideSome of us DO revere them more than Mt. Rushmore. Sadly, there are some who go about destroying things simply because they find it entertaining or think it's funny. If we all valued our ancestors and the beauty they found in their environments, our planet would be a kinder and more gentle place than it currently is. I personally will continue to work on making it a better place a little at a time until my time is up. That is all any of us can do. Namasté.
15:16 No, the lizard looks much more recent. It's a more realistic rather than representative style, and most of the other glyphs you've shown are old enough that the engravings are starting to patina, whereas the lizard appears very bright against the desert varnish.
10:48 @cbarber I was just about to comment on the same image. I’m delighted that you see Wile E. Coyote. If I’m not mistaken, this looks like an image of datura, a ceremonial plant which is toxic and hallucinogenic. Other names are Jimsomweed and Devil’s Trumpet. I recall seeing it in a book titled, Picture Writing of the American Indian or another pictogram/petroglyph sourcebook in my collection. Andrew~what caught my eye were the triangular cave openings, alcoves and sculptural rock shapes. You can look at the panels and swear you see their faces decorated with images and symbols and yet, there is nothing there but shadows and texture. This landscape is a painter’s delight.
These petroglyphs are some of the most detailed I have seen, even discounting the lizzard. They were very aristic even not inclu ding the lizzard. They seemed totally capable of doing that lizzard.
I never realised the transition of cultures was so great in the American West. In Britain we talk of Bronze Age. Iron Age etc. This is so similar, just never thought about it before.
I sent this to my niece who has small children inside on some very cold days, with the suggestion of an obstacle course. Or hunting for a hidden treasure. Or drawing animals from memory. What an adventure!
In all the turmoil that's going on in our world. My part of the world (fires).I go to your channel to feel better. Thank you. Watching from Cherryvalley ca.
Happy 2025! I always love watching the videos of your adventures. It makes me wonder what life was like for them, what their daily lives entailed and what battles they may have fought to survive. Thank you for sharing your videos with us. Looking forward to your 2025 adventures.
So interesting…I learn so much on each and every episode of this series. The petroglyphs on the canyon walls were amazing. I especially liked the lizard created by an extremely talented artist of the past! I’m not going to speculate what their meanings are, but I assume they had a specific usefulness to the original creators of this region.
Are the basket makers your talking about the Chemehuevi's? Their Reservation in Lake Havasu, the residents and their ancestors are all very well known for making reed baskets that are woven so tight they are waterproof! Amazing culture all up and down Colorado River, lakes and tributaries. P.S. Love your channel!!
What a beautiful trek, I love going with you and viewing all this ancient history. How did they get up so high to do the painstaking chipping of their messages. It had to take a while to do even one.
I'd say that the lizard is modern, the design, the precision of the work, and the lack of varnish within the petroglyph, on a rock face with heavy varnish.
I check every couple of days Andrew . I also haunt the southwest canyons and hope maybe one day to cross paths . Thank you for showing the world the places I love .
It's a way of mapping the trail, hunting spots, spiritual consulting and guidance. Again thank you so much, for keeping me in connection with ancestry.
Wonderful. We look forward to your videos each week. You are our favorite creator. We each decided that the lizard was too reminiscent of the popularized gecko figure, that and the lack of patina seems to point toward it being a modern addition, albeit artistically done. Looking forward to this year’s videos.
I like what you said at the end about rock writing. I wonder if the rock art is more of a rock map. Since most groups were nomadic up until around 2000 years ago, they could have easily left clues to follow. Each group may have had their own symbols for different things that can be found nearby. After numerous generations the symbols may change from the original shape but still holds the same meaning. Could be why there are so many in one canyon. All it takes is something to happen to one generation of people and then the trails are not used again for a few generations and found by a new group of people.
I don’t comment often enough, but thanks for taking us along, great shots, I think maybe someone more modern added the lizard . In any case those areas you go to are always great to see. 😎🍺☮️🇨🇦
Just starting the video. Wanted to say, yes everything is connected. You dont have to understand how. Just know that it is. I find solice in that. My love died 3 days ago.
This video has had some of the most well executed glyphs I have seen. Also fsome of the oldest due to the patina having already reclaiming them. Much thanks! 😊
Seriously watching your video at 8:00pm the moment you said your guess is as good as ours and the first thing that popped into my head was Elvis and then you put a picture of him up
From dark and dusty corners of my memory I think I recall reading somewhere that the spirals for some groups meant something like "we camped here for a while but have moved on" or something. I'd take that with a grain of salt, but I'm only saying that because these images and symbols absolutely do have significant meaning. There's a place up here in Minnesota called Jeffers Petroglyphs that has images from multiple time periods. Some of the hunting scenes had arrows or spears carved into the animals thousands of years later after the original scene was carved. Lots of ritual and significance to these things.
I’m imagining a “Times Square” like atmosphere where lots of people gather during a festival of sorts and these arts depict ads like on modern billboards . That’s why there are so many back to back.
Happy 2025 to each of you! Excited for what the New Year holds. If you'd like to join the Patreon community here's the link patreon.com/DesertDrifter?Link
Happy new Year to you and your family too, may 2025 brings you a lot of beautiful journeys , stay happy and healthy. Much love from The Netherlands
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I prefer to call the "rock art", rock history, it seems more of a way of their lifestyle than just boredom doodling....thnx for the wonderful videos!!
Happy New Year! 🎉🙏🏻🌟
Love your vids. I'm always astounded by the geology around you while walking. You like to see the ancient stuff but I'm like wait! Go back and check out that rock lol
I’m get a big smile when I see you have a new vid. I’m a disabled veteran and you take me places I’ll never get to see. Thank you so much
Thank you for your service and for your sacrifice…I mean it.
Like you, I'm a veteran, along with my husband. I'm in my mid seventies now, unable to tramp around anywhere much, ah, but in my dreams, I'm good to go. Now I am right alongside Desert Drifter enjoying the adventure, the scenery, and the discoveries. A salute to you, sir, from one veteran to another. From this side of the pond, i wish you happy adventuring.
@@beccabbea2511 I’m not a veteran, but I have severe ankle issues due to a medical problem. So while I didn’t do any admirable service to cause my issues (was born with it), I’m with you ✊
As the grandson of a Polish officer we cannot thank you enough, you are such tough people.💪
Same here sir. I agree
Your channel is my favorite. I like to get off work, make dinner, eat, and watch your adventures while you educate me. Thank you for showing us the beauty and mystery of the ancient ones.
I subscribed to your channel when you had around 30k subscribers (which wasn’t too long ago), and now you’re almost at half a million. It’s no surprise, given the stunning scenery, flawless narration, and such an intriguing subject matter you share. Congratulations on your fantastic channel, Andrew. God bless, mate.
I live in Somerset England , and you single handedly have shown me just how vast America is ! Your appreciation of the people who lived there and your attention to detail is so wonderful . I appreciate every angle of photography , from the dramatic vistas to the cutaways of ice with water dancing underneath it . Your artistry and soul is precious 🙏🏻thank you
Andrew, thank you for your latest video and allowing us to live vicariously through your adventures! I especially enjoyed the images depicting the wildlife of the area which the people who lived at that time apparently held in high esteem. It seems "otherworldly" that humans could adapt to and sustain themselves in such harsh environments. That place is a treasure-trove of ancient culture.
This is one of the most beautiful canyons you've been in. I'll have to watch this again tonight. Thanks. I wish I could see things like that myself, but it's wise to keep the locations secret.
One thing is for certain, however one interprets those drawings, they tell a story. Whether we'll ever understand every one of those stories is another thing. Great channel, like many others here, I look forward to and thoroughly enjoy it. Many thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Regards, from the U.K.
Always beautiful. I'd love for you to take a look (with your eye) around my family's ranch. It's near Virgin Utah west of Zion. I be happy to give you a walk about or just access, If you would rather.
In any way, you're welcome at my fire anytime.
Blessings on your house in 2025
Your knowledge of the western deserts and their cultures, both ancient and present is amazing! I find your intuitive reading of the landscape that leads to these discoveries,quite fascinating. The ancient desert drifters also knew what features to look for to find conditions that were conducive to life. You are definitely tapped into spirit of natural surroundings! Thank you for sharing your experience with all of us! Looking forward to seeing more in 2025
Just a thank you for taking people along on your hikes of discovery. As a younger man I had always hoped to make trips to see the traces left for us by these ancient peoples but for one reason or another never managed to get around to it. Thanks to you and a few other content providers on RUclips, now in my 8th decade, I've at last managed to commune with the ancients through amazingly clear lenses.
Thank you Andrew for taking us on another amazing trip in that Lost valley
The geology of the place is amazing
This naturally depicted lizard seems to be a unique piece. If no similar piece is discovered in the region, maybe it is a modern creation ...
It's a bit sad to say it's too good to be old, but it looks too good to be old.
@@riparianlife97701some of the abstract ancient ones are difficult to draw and this usually includes the strange spiritual beings that pop up all over the southwest at least where I have been in Utah and Vegas that are some panels that are of one age and type ancient then there are others in the moapa valley in Vegas that have series of primitive clumps of circles or cells. Probably denoting ancient counting of peoples.
That lizard one looks very similar to images found in the internet that could be printed and transferred with charcoal or other chalks to make the outline and use modern tools to make all those clean curves. If ancient man in this area had today’s tools they would have excelled beyond the lizard. Also, there seem to be some type of art that are individual free style forms and others that follow rules of ratio, proportion, and order and style of the drawings that point to an agreed language that like Egyptian hieroglyphs have three or more meanings depending on their relation to each other
Nothing better to watch than your video for Friday night, after long day at work. Thank you for the adventurous time.
I just Love hoofin' around the wilderness with you in the freezing cold! (From the comfort of my couch, of course! With a blanket!)😆 Happy New Year and New Treks! God Bless!🤎💚
Great! Thanks! The old photos are amazing! Much love for real, this is the best channel i did not know i need in my life!
What an amazing voyage. Love the area n views. Thanks for letting me tag along. And on to the next adventure.
Happy New Year to you and you and your loved ones. Thank you for always sharing your adventures with us and teaching us to be better and kinder humans with our Mother Earth.🙏🌎
Beautiful walk about with lovely "art" all along the way. I enjoyed listening to the water babbling and gurgling as it flowed.
Thank you for taking us along
So happy to see a new video!😊
As a Scotsman i find it baffling that Americans will not revere these things as anything more than... I don't know how to say it in English, it's like finding stuff more important than Romans it's way more significant, a whole unique culture from bottom up.
Loved the addition of historical photos of people. Well done!
Love, love, love this channel.
Lovely canyon with a beautiful clear creek. This alone makes the trip worthwhile.
The six toed bear could be a clan symbol. 🧸
Great Job! Thank you for sharing your adventures.
Always an awesome adventure. Thank you for sharing this with us 👍👍
When you turned around and saw that panel across the river I instantly thought of Family portraits showing off or representing two large familes to eachother on either side of the river. 🤷 Another absolutely amazing journey!
Thank-you!
I need your videos !!
The adventure and the amazing way you tell the story of the people who once lived there !!
You make sure they're not forgotten !!
😂 Ok,ELVIS, is that YOU ??🧐
Hi from Alberta, Canada. Your channel just keeps getting better and better it became my #1 at the beginning of 2024. I'm a huge fan of the US desert SW region to start with but your content takes that to another level. I couldn't wait to see where you were going to take us in 2025, this episode was certainly over the top. A points in time there is so much to take in I just have to rewatch full episodes, some segments over and over and pausing portions to concentrate on.
Looking forward to a very interesting 2025, thanks.
Love your narration and commentary , brings peace and enjoyment
Interesting. I'm sure this idea has been floated a hundred times over already, but it seems like those carvings near cliffs and overhangs could easily be used to gauge the passage of time. With one quick look, you could see how far the shadow reaches over a carving, and you'd be able to tell how long you've been there or how much sunlight you have left.
Ah, a new adventure! Thank you for letting us join you!
Thank you for taking me ( an 81 year old lady) alone on your journeys. I really enjoy all your videos and have learned so much. I have always been fascinated with Native American history. Keep the videos coming. From Deep Southeast Mississippi. ❤
I truly hope that sometime in the future you create a DVD/Blue Ray series by region that you have traveled to and explored………. Truly love your channel
Thank you, thank you, for taking us to a place we all should know about. As with all of your videos, it's quiet, with challenges, history, and a chance to be with a small part of the world. I need to leave the nutty world I'm living/dealing with, I know others are here for the same reasons, too, THANK YOU!!! ❤😂😆😉
The sound of the water is wonderful.
Watched the entire video already. Its good. Its unbelievable you ran into a Sasquatch in the desert. I didn't think adapt Sasquatches could adopt to an hot environment like that.
😂
Maybe they live underground in caves where it's cool in the summer
Thank you! You’re doing AMAZING work! I very much appreciate your contribution! It’s extremely worthy. I only found you almost a year ago, and you’ve become a favorite in these crazy times. The only certainty is change; and the ancients pass the message. God Bless, ❤
I wonder if anyone has studied and documented that long line and gathered people wall art?
That looks like a very long and important journey being committed to historic records by those people.
Showing the various tribes or tribal members, the game hunted along the trail , possibly landmarks along the way and time according to either the sun,sky,stars and the moon following their journey during the traveling.
It looks important to me to them, you dig?😁👍
Thanks again so much for sharing your thoughts time and showing us these rare treasures! Happy New Year 🎉
This place is incredibly beautiful! ❤
Welcome to the new year. I'll journey with you on here. Big Thank You.
New panel= Andrew's equivalent of a dog thinking "SQUIRREL!!!".
Andrew: "I can't stop at all of th...OOOHHH, that one looks COOL." 😂 😂😂
I love these little adventures you take us on. Thank you so much. I LOVE and miss the desert, I will eventually get back to that side of the country. Until then, I am hanging out with lots of trees and can only rarely glimpse the horizon, and living vicariously through your videos. I was very sad about not being able to see the horizon when I got to Virginia. It is beautiful here, but even after 11 years, it doesn't TRULY feel like Home. 💚
I feel like these rock art panels are the ancient's way of preserving memories of specific events. Much like we do today with photographs.
Great fights and loved warriors, we in Europe cant believe these things are not revered more than mount Rushmore.
@@cronocideSome of us DO revere them more than Mt. Rushmore. Sadly, there are some who go about destroying things simply because they find it entertaining or think it's funny. If we all valued our ancestors and the beauty they found in their environments, our planet would be a kinder and more gentle place than it currently is. I personally will continue to work on making it a better place a little at a time until my time is up. That is all any of us can do. Namasté.
I've been waiting for your first video of the year! So good to see you again!! 😌
15:16 No, the lizard looks much more recent. It's a more realistic rather than representative style, and most of the other glyphs you've shown are old enough that the engravings are starting to patina, whereas the lizard appears very bright against the desert varnish.
I agree 💯
10:48 @cbarber I was just about to comment on the same image. I’m delighted that you see Wile E. Coyote. If I’m not mistaken, this looks like an image of datura, a ceremonial plant which is toxic and hallucinogenic. Other names are Jimsomweed and Devil’s Trumpet. I recall seeing it in a book titled, Picture Writing of the American Indian or another pictogram/petroglyph sourcebook in my collection.
Andrew~what caught my eye were the triangular cave openings, alcoves and sculptural rock shapes. You can look at the panels and swear you see their faces decorated with images and symbols and yet, there is nothing there but shadows and texture. This landscape is a painter’s delight.
What an interesting place with some unusual rock formations. I feel like I went on a cool hike with a knowledgeable guide.
This is such a cool video. The petroglyphs are fascinating & raise so many questions!
AAAAHHHH!!!!!!A brand new desert drifter! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you for such enjoyable content 🙌🏻
Thank you- this is one of the most beautiful channels on the internet
Happy New Year!!! Here's to a new year of adventure and discovery. Thank you for a year of excellent backcountry experiences.
It’s sad there are people who can’t respect the art and feel the need to deface them.
These petroglyphs are some of the most detailed I have seen, even discounting the lizzard. They were very aristic even not inclu ding the lizzard. They seemed totally capable of doing that lizzard.
Wow a lot of art work in one plac. Thanks for sharing.
I never realised the transition of cultures was so great in the American West. In Britain we talk of Bronze Age. Iron Age etc. This is so similar, just never thought about it before.
Beautiful photography … great documentary class
I sent this to my niece who has small children inside on some very cold days, with the suggestion of an obstacle course. Or hunting for a hidden treasure. Or drawing animals from memory. What an adventure!
beautiful to look around ever changing
In all the turmoil that's going on in our world. My part of the world (fires).I go to your channel to feel better. Thank you. Watching from Cherryvalley ca.
You have found some remarkable places. I wish I could accompany you.
Happy 2025! I always love watching the videos of your adventures. It makes me wonder what life was like for them, what their daily lives entailed and what battles they may have fought to survive. Thank you for sharing your videos with us. Looking forward to your 2025 adventures.
So interesting…I learn so much on each and every episode of this series.
The petroglyphs on the canyon walls were amazing.
I especially liked the lizard created by an extremely talented artist of the past!
I’m not going to speculate what their meanings are, but I assume they had a specific usefulness to the original creators of this region.
Are the basket makers your talking about the Chemehuevi's? Their Reservation in Lake Havasu, the residents and their ancestors are all very well known for making reed baskets that are woven so tight they are waterproof! Amazing culture all up and down Colorado River, lakes and tributaries. P.S. Love your channel!!
As always, a wonderful video journal. Thank you
What a beautiful trek, I love going with you and viewing all this ancient history. How did they get up so high to do the painstaking chipping of their messages. It had to take a while to do even one.
Thank you Mr Drifter nice hike
Nearly fell off my chair! "Elvis? Is that you?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'd say that the lizard is modern, the design, the precision of the work, and the lack of varnish within the petroglyph, on a rock face with heavy varnish.
I check every couple of days Andrew . I also haunt the southwest canyons and hope maybe one day to cross paths . Thank you for showing the world the places I love .
It's a way of mapping the trail, hunting spots, spiritual consulting and guidance. Again thank you so much, for keeping me in connection with ancestry.
My go to!! Truly look forward to these adventures!
I liked the educational bit..need more..hi from indian river country florida
Wonderful. We look forward to your videos each week. You are our favorite creator. We each decided that the lizard was too reminiscent of the popularized gecko figure, that and the lack of patina seems to point toward it being a modern addition, albeit artistically done. Looking forward to this year’s videos.
This is one of the most magnificent canyons I have ever seen!! You are one lucky man.
Thanks for letting us tag along enjoyed it.
I like what you said at the end about rock writing. I wonder if the rock art is more of a rock map. Since most groups were nomadic up until around 2000 years ago, they could have easily left clues to follow. Each group may have had their own symbols for different things that can be found nearby. After numerous generations the symbols may change from the original shape but still holds the same meaning. Could be why there are so many in one canyon. All it takes is something to happen to one generation of people and then the trails are not used again for a few generations and found by a new group of people.
This is a particularly beautiful video, thank you!
Yes, obviously had religious meanings. Strong magic to , help with hunting, commune with the spirits, protect the tribe. etc Another great video.
So happy to see you in this "New Year" always look forward to where we are going next, as if I am right there with you.Thank you so much.
The ignorance and arrogance of early settlers is only surpassed by some in more recent times, I find it so saddening.
I don’t comment often enough, but thanks for taking us along, great shots, I think maybe someone more modern added the lizard . In any case those areas you go to are always great to see. 😎🍺☮️🇨🇦
Just starting the video. Wanted to say, yes everything is connected. You dont have to understand how. Just know that it is.
I find solice in that. My love died 3 days ago.
18:29 out of all the panels I’ve seen this has got to be one of the biggest. Seeing how big that elk figure is crazy!
I live in Wiltshire, U.K. and find your journey’s fascinating. Looking forward to seeing more in 2025
I'm always amazed at how high off the ground many of the images are. Made by people who were tall? Ground was higher? Thanks for bringing us along.
This video has had some of the most well executed glyphs I have seen. Also fsome of the oldest due to the patina having already reclaiming them. Much thanks! 😊
Seriously watching your video at 8:00pm the moment you said your guess is as good as ours and the first thing that popped into my head was Elvis and then you put a picture of him up
Another amazing video!!! We still have not missed a single vid, right from the beginning.
From dark and dusty corners of my memory I think I recall reading somewhere that the spirals for some groups meant something like "we camped here for a while but have moved on" or something. I'd take that with a grain of salt, but I'm only saying that because these images and symbols absolutely do have significant meaning. There's a place up here in Minnesota called Jeffers Petroglyphs that has images from multiple time periods. Some of the hunting scenes had arrows or spears carved into the animals thousands of years later after the original scene was carved. Lots of ritual and significance to these things.
Also from MN. I need to get off the road and check those petroglyphs.
Would there have been Thunderbirds back then your videos are always interesting❤❤
This is really Beautiful Thank you for sharing with us i appreciate it
I’m imagining a “Times Square” like atmosphere where lots of people gather during a festival of sorts and these arts depict ads like on modern billboards . That’s why there are so many back to back.
Thank you, your desert wanderings are fascinating.
Your channel is my favorite of all time!
@0:19 is a beautiful view. Thanks, and stay safe!
Such a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing your visit!🙂
Thank you for taking us on a journey 🙏 ❤️ Love your videos
Amazing find and perspective! Just spectacular and breathtaking.
enjoy these vids very much , being from Canada