Monday, February 24, 2014

Indian site two discovered and explored.

 
Back into the wilderness today to find Indian site number two that was missing. After a little confusion on what road went where the Kadizzilites got within three tenths of a mile of the site by motorcycle. The Commander and Kadizzle drove the truck to the nearest coral and unloaded the cycle.
Len drove his cycle from the pavement. Kadizzle was surprised the site was much more spectacular than he suspected it would be. The site was relatively well preserved considering it's proximity to civilization. If people can get close to a site with jeeps, four wheelers, or whatever, the site will be picked clean. With effort we could find pottery shards, but nothing spectacular. Why people have to push over walls and destroy these sites is a mystery. This site probably had at least twenty rooms and was a surface site. The day was not clear enough to determine if the site had a line of sight to the major ruins in caves across the lake. More than likely they did have line of sight. No doubt these people communicated by fire signals great distances.

When we returned to the truck to reload the motorcycle we explored a mine shaft on an adjacent hill. Hard to figure what they were mining. The shaft was actually an excavated crevice that went down for perhaps 150 feet or more. The bottom of the shaft could not be seen.

Tomorrow is the fire tower hike and the next day will be the mother of all motorcycle trips. Stay tuned.

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