Today was an easy day??

After a tough day yesterday the Kadizzles figured today would be a moderate adventure.  Of course things never turn out as planned.  With the motorcycle loaded in the pickup just in case we needed it, we headed up the mountain to do once more an Indian site we had discovered with Ruth and Rodger last year.

The vehicles of the trail crew were at the trail head, which was about five miles up the mountain.  The trail crew was working in the vicinity of the site right along the trail.  As Kadizzle and The Commander sat at the old site, Kadizzle used the binoculars to scout for new sites.  In the distance some rocks caught his eye.  Last year Rodger and The Commander found some nice stuff in this same area. 

Kadizzle took off separately from The Commander, but they stayed in radio contact.  The Commander discovered some Indian grinding stones pretty quickly.  Kadizzle had a terrible fight through the brush, but finally emerged in the area where he had spotted stone walls earlier.  Sure enough it was a site with a nice grind stone and many pot shards.

As the trail crew worked we explored.  What was supposed to be an easy relaxing hike turned out as usual to be a pretty strong haul.  Kadizzle and The Commander have each speculated on how many early Americans lived in the area.  Kadizzle likes the figure 140,  The  Commander wants to go to 500.  You can make up any number you want.  These sites appear to be seasonal sites.  At a certain time of year the Indians probably moved up near the mountains to be cooler, and to hunt big game. There is a lot more moisture up there.  Who knows if they farmed up there, they could have, but water was scarce.

After doing real work all day the trail crew headed home.  Kadizzle and The Commander walked back with them and we all got off the mountain and headed for solar showers.