July 03, 2004
A few more Petit Jean pictures
This is Cedar Creek Falls, which fall down into a large open gorge. Note the people just to the right of the falls. It's several hundred feet down.
My favorite part of the park. Rock House Cave is actually just a huge overhang, but it's deep enough and high enough for perhaps 150 people to have taken shelter. It's south exposure meant that in the winter, the sun would have brough a welcome warmth, while the rock walls would have given shelter from the wind and elements. There are some drawings by Native Americans at the back of the cave. I'll put some pictures of them in another entry.
These were called Turtle Rocks, located just about Rock House Cave. The picture doesn't do the formation justice - standing just below them, it was easy to feel like you were watching a group of giant tortoises.
This little guy held still just long enough for me to get the picture
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