Ancient Art Sure To Draw You In

February 25, 2010

Excerpt from View, by Deborah Wall
2/9/2010

The next two months are an ideal time to hit those low-elevation hikes you have been meaning to do but haven’t found the time. It won’t be long before warm weather comes nipping at our heels and turns our thoughts to higher, cooler ground. One place that should be on your short list is Grapevine Canyon, in the southern part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, just northwest of Laughlin.

Grapevine Canyon is one of the optimum places in our region to see petroglyphs. Prehistoric American Indians pecked these symbols into the desert varnish on cliffs and boulders, exposing the lighter-colored rock beneath …

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