Petroglyphs and Wildflowers and Agua Fria National Monument

On a warm day a few weeks ago we traveled down to the lower elevations and visited Agua Fria National Monument. We wanted to see if there were many wildflowers (there were) and to see the high water moving down the Agua Fria River.

Petroglyph panel in the Agua Fria National Monument.
Petroglyph panel in the Agua Fria National Monument.
Wildflower seen in Agua Fria National Monument. An online search identifies this as Dichelostemma capitatum.
Wildflower seen in Agua Fria National Monument. An online search identifies this as Dichelostemma capitatum.
Mexican poppy and Lupine.
Mexican poppy and Lupine.

With the warm weatherand rapid snow melt experienced this week in Flagstaff it might not be too long before we see wildflowers blooming here.

Crane Petroglyph Site at V Bar V Ranch

We visited the Crane Petroglyph Site at V Bar V Ranch over the weekend. We were fortunate that the volunteer docent on site that day was local expert Ken Zoll who discovered that the thousand-year old site was a solar calendar that marked ancestral Puebloan planting and harvesting cycles.

Petroglyph panel at Crane Petroglyph Site at V Bar V Ranch.
Petroglyph panel at Crane Petroglyph Site at V Bar V Ranch.
The panel depicting cranes at Crane Petroglyph Site at V Bar V Ranch.
The panel depicting cranes at Crane Petroglyph Site at V Bar V Ranch.

More information about the site and Ken Zole can be found in the article at Green Living Magazine.