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Author Topic: Ruins DAA Utah/Promoted WESTERN REGIONAL Hunt Director Member # 11 posted August 05, 2013 05:59 PM                       Spent the weekend camping and prowling around up in the Elk Ridge country of SE Utah. Spent one morning visiting the Lewis Lodge ruins. They are really cool group of ruins perched on a ledge in a tributary to Arch canyon with sheer cliff face above and below. The ruins are spread out along that ledge across from my buddy Tim. There are ruins all along it, from the left edge of the picture all the way to the right. - DAA -------------------- "Oh yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom, but they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em." -- George Hanson, Easy Rider, 1969. Rocky Mountain Varmint Hunter Posts: 2676 | From: Salt Lake City, UT | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged DAA Utah/Promoted WESTERN REGIONAL Hunt Director Member # 11 posted August 05, 2013 06:03 PM                       Few more... Really well preserved little kiva! Cool stuff... - DAA -------------------- "Oh yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom, but they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em." -- George Hanson, Easy Rider, 1969. Rocky Mountain Varmint Hunter Posts: 2676 | From: Salt Lake City, UT | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged JD HONORARY OKIE .... and Tim's at fault! Member # 768 posted August 05, 2013 08:41 PM                   Pretty darn cool Dave!! -------------------- Jason -------------------------------------- What do Obama & TA17Rem have in common........both are clueless asshats!!! Posts: 1456 | From: NE. | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged Rich 2,000th post PAKMAN Member # 112 posted August 06, 2013 06:12 AM                       I wonder if I could get away with selling my Iowa home and moving in to one of those caves. Looks like a very good retirement community there. -------------------- If you call the coyotes in close, you won't NEED a high dollar range finder. Posts: 2854 | From: Iowa | Registered: Feb 2003  |  IP: Logged Paul Melching Radical Operator Forum "You won't get past the front gate" Member # 885 posted August 06, 2013 06:23 AM                   Really makes you wonder what an average day was like for them. Hunting and gathering was never close to home everything more challenging due to their choice of location. I assume the location was chosen out of need for security.( edit to add awesome photos as always Dave.) [ August 06, 2013, 06:27 AM: Message edited by: Paul Melching ] -------------------- Those who value security over liberty soon will have neither ! Posts: 4188 | From: The forest ! north of the dez. | Registered: Jul 2006  |  IP: Logged Kelly Jackson SECOND PLACE/GARTH BROOKS LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST Member # 977 posted August 06, 2013 07:27 AM                    Good thing they didn't figure out how to make beer...or maybe they did. Posts: 997 | From: Comanche OK | Registered: Oct 2006  |  IP: Logged knockemdown Our staff photo editing Guru, par excellence Member # 3588 posted August 06, 2013 08:15 AM                      Incredible pics! Pretty amazing to fathom how people lived in those shelters. They're almost like giant mud dauber wasp nests... Posts: 2202 | From: behind fascist lines | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged Leonard HMFIC Member # 2 posted August 06, 2013 09:17 AM                       My own theory has to do with security....with one fatal flaw. They need to keep warm and lugging firewood up those cliffs was a considerable challenge. Then, depleting nearby sources, they traveled further and further until it was impractical and had to consider abandoning their security. Or, some other reason. Good hunting. El Bee -------------------- EL BEE Knows It All and Done It All. Don't piss me off! Posts: 32361 | From: Upland, CA | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged Paul Melching Radical Operator Forum "You won't get past the front gate" Member # 885 posted August 06, 2013 04:46 PM                   unless the firewood was brought to them as driftwood in the river below. -------------------- Those who value security over liberty soon will have neither ! Posts: 4188 | From: The forest ! north of the dez. | Registered: Jul 2006  |  IP: Logged Leonard HMFIC Member # 2 posted August 06, 2013 05:42 PM                       This is southern Utah, Paul. At best, an intermittent stream. Just jacking ya, you could be right. Good hunting. El Bee -------------------- EL BEE Knows It All and Done It All. Don't piss me off! Posts: 32361 | From: Upland, CA | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged DAA Utah/Promoted WESTERN REGIONAL Hunt Director Member # 11 posted August 06, 2013 07:19 PM                       This particular spot, I don't think firewood was ever an issue. Other places the Anasazi withered, it absolutely was. No river below here, either. It's less than 200 yards from the head of the canyon. Dripping spring on the ledge at the head for drinking water, but the canyon floor (which is about 500' below, almost straight down), no running water except for the occasional flash flood. - DAA -------------------- "Oh yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom, but they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em." -- George Hanson, Easy Rider, 1969. Rocky Mountain Varmint Hunter Posts: 2676 | From: Salt Lake City, UT | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged Leonard HMFIC Member # 2 posted August 07, 2013 07:10 AM                       Hey Dave. Could you figure out where was the potty? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleofaeces I'm thinking of lugging mud and rocks up the cliff, mix with water, presto! a cozy room for grandma. Sounds like a lot of work. Good hunting. El Bee edit: linkies [ August 07, 2013, 07:25 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ] -------------------- EL BEE Knows It All and Done It All. Don't piss me off! Posts: 32361 | From: Upland, CA | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged DAA Utah/Promoted WESTERN REGIONAL Hunt Director Member # 11 posted August 07, 2013 08:17 AM                       Yup, the trash/poop pile/midden is usually pretty easy to recognize at these sites. - DAA -------------------- "Oh yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom, but they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em." -- George Hanson, Easy Rider, 1969. Rocky Mountain Varmint Hunter Posts: 2676 | From: Salt Lake City, UT | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged

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