We pulled into Washington State Park (DeSota, Missouri) not knowing what we might find there.
Turtle in the road
This very nice creek/river. There were two women sitting in chairs by the water and it looked very comfortable! I was wishing we had a picnic with us.....would have been an ideal place.
Looking at the water the other direction....much greener.
Some sort of bug was really stirring up the water....I have no idea what they are.
Chipping sparrow gathering something.
Pretty purple flower.
We saw a sign for petroglyphs and were trying to find them. I just like this rock :-)
Ah, ha! Found some!
I didn't realize that there were Indian carvings in Missouri, so I'm glad we stopped here.
A boardwalk and roof over the carvings so you can walk along and enjoy them....but not touch them.
They had signs to help you know what you were looking at.
Some like this Thunderbird were easy to see. Others, I would have had no idea they were markings.
Mike took some of these....his camera seemed to "see" them better.
And a couple of real live lizards at one end :-)
Some how he seemed like just the right touch to go with the ancient carvings.
A smaller one....
This one found a worm to play with.
I'm sure he caught it eventually!
Turtle in the road
This very nice creek/river. There were two women sitting in chairs by the water and it looked very comfortable! I was wishing we had a picnic with us.....would have been an ideal place.
Looking at the water the other direction....much greener.
Some sort of bug was really stirring up the water....I have no idea what they are.
Chipping sparrow gathering something.
Pretty purple flower.
We saw a sign for petroglyphs and were trying to find them. I just like this rock :-)Ah, ha! Found some!
I didn't realize that there were Indian carvings in Missouri, so I'm glad we stopped here.
A boardwalk and roof over the carvings so you can walk along and enjoy them....but not touch them.
They had signs to help you know what you were looking at.
Some like this Thunderbird were easy to see. Others, I would have had no idea they were markings.
Mike took some of these....his camera seemed to "see" them better.
And a couple of real live lizards at one end :-)
Some how he seemed like just the right touch to go with the ancient carvings.
A smaller one....
This one found a worm to play with.I'm sure he caught it eventually!
Tomorrow will be the last post of this trip...finally! The weather here is in the high 90's and humid and besides that Wimbledon tennis is on TV....so I'm glad to have had this trip to fill up blog for a few days!
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8 comments:
Another interesting place to visit!!! The stone carvings are very interesting and also amazing ...like the video with worm and Lizard!! :}
Hi Mary, I loved seeing the little video... Wonder if the lizard won??? Or the worm??? Bet it was the lizard!!!
I had no idea there were Indian carvings in Missouri either... I'm glad you visited that place and shared with us...
Hugs,
Betsy
Wow Mary, you're having such a great time! Thanks for bringing us along!! I'm not sure if you're home yet or not...must read more...but when you get a chance you should check out
http://gardeningwithturtles.blogspot.com/
Of course I think you will like it. Don't get any ideas tho!!!
Lovely interesting post Mary. Such a varied time in such a short time too. You packed alot in!
Grammie G: I didn't know there were carvings in that area, too, but I guess with all the different Indians it shouldn't surprise me.
Betsy: I'm pretty confident that the lizard won :-)
Eve: Will check it out! I do love turtles.
Jenny: There is so much to see in that area...and of course I blog everything I see!
I'm constantly amazed at what can be found in state parks we've never heard of.
I would love to know what those bugs were...I have never seen anything like that!
Wow, this looks like a place I'd love to visit. How interesting!
Love the turtle too.
B.
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