We went on an outing with two other couples which was supposed to be no more than a mile hike to see some petroglyphs. This is an extremely off the beaten path location and Steve, our guide, was a retired sheriff and a local historian. He was taking us to a site he had been to many years ago and not too many folks have been there. So we drove 2 hours out of Silver City on dirt forest service roads through 2 mountain ranges. Into the flats we drove about 20 miles more on dirt roads, then we entered the dry creek bed. Good we had Pam's 4 wheeler as we really needed it. 10 miles at least down the creek till the boulders got too big to drive over. Then we hiked about a mile to the destination. The hike was like stepping onto the moon with the crazy rock formations from previous flood rains. The Petroglyphs were fantastic. In such a beautiful place it is easy to see why the indians favored this place, worshiped it. There were so many petroglyphs that is was like indian billboards. Then 100 yards from all the indian art was the Gila River with plenty of water. A stark contraction to the desert we drove and hiked through. A must do for visitors who can handle a moderate hike with dry sand and up and downs. The couple who took us were both over 70.
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