petroglyphs and lunch

in reverse order - lunch and petroglyphs

and then we ate and ate and ate

at a large Hispanic grocery with a groaning food court..

dessert first

On the outskirts of Albuquerque, with new housing developments crowding up around it, is Petroglyph National park. We filled our water bottles, put on our hats and off we went . They believe that most of this group of "etchings' was made around 1200-1400 , carved into a lava flow from long-extinct volcanos in the area. The interpretation of the symbolism does vary - in part becuase the pueblo tribes are somewhat secretive about their native lore. But some of the later ones do show some Christian influences, left by the marauding Spaniards.