This is right along a well used trail, so there's no doubt about the fact that this is a frequently visited hang out. It is complete with a modern day fire pit inside.
First, the outside of the rock shelter from the side where you can walk in:
Once you walk in, there is a natural window through the rock, looking out:
A view of the outside from the opposite end of the window:
Looking through the window from the outside, into the shelter:
If you click on any of the images above, you might be able to see scratches and initials in the rock from one of the recent visitors (or vandals, as the case may be). But, what about these deeper, older scratches right at the entrance? I don't know if they man made (possibly ancient?) or natural, but they piqued my interest enough to take a close up:
Here are the same marks from another angle (looking into the shelter).
Even more exciting than this rock shelter is the stone wall above it. I'll have more about that in part 2.
Then, looking in the opposite direction, it looks like the wall ends there.
But later, you can see it continuing on top of this outcrop in the distance.
Here you can see some rocks on a boulder with a portion of the stone wall in the background.
This definitely adds to the mystique of the rock shelter.
Once you walk in, there is a natural window through the rock, looking out:
A view of the outside from the opposite end of the window:
Looking through the window from the outside, into the shelter:
If you click on any of the images above, you might be able to see scratches and initials in the rock from one of the recent visitors (or vandals, as the case may be). But, what about these deeper, older scratches right at the entrance? I don't know if they man made (possibly ancient?) or natural, but they piqued my interest enough to take a close up:
Here are the same marks from another angle (looking into the shelter).
Even more exciting than this rock shelter is the stone wall above it. I'll have more about that in part 2.
