Petroglyph Canyon

Saturday morning, we had breakfast at the hotel and packed up for the final time of the trip.  Our flight wasn't until the afternoon, so we headed to Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area for a hike before we left Nevada.  We set off on the Petroglyph Trail and headed into the canyon.

In about a mile, there was a split with Cowboy trail and we went left to stay on Petroglyph Trail.  Soon, we had to climb a couple dry waterfalls.

The first one was easy and the second one a little tougher, but after a week in Death Valley, it seemed like nothing.

After the second climb, we came to the Petroglyph Site.

The number of petroglyphs here was just amazing.

We've seen petroglyphs at other places in the desert where there's one or two, but nothing like this.

It was like an outdoor rock art gallery.

There was some wild buckwheat growing in the canyon.

We really felt like we hit the jackpot with petroglyphs here and spent some time getting photos.

The petroglyphs continued until the end of Petroglyph Trail.

Besides the rock art, there were also some good cacti in the canyon.

At the end of Petroglyph Trail, we took Cowboy Trail to make a partial loop back.

There was some silver cholla growing along the trail.

Some nice yuccas as well.

At the end, we got on Petroglyph Trail to head back.  The Las Vegas skyline was visible in the distance.

Back at the car, we got our stuff packed and ready to go to the airport.  We had some extra bottled water and gave that to a volunteer at the visitor center.

It was just a short drive to the rental car return and our flight home was uneventful.