Yesterday, we took a trip to Capital Reef National Park. It is about two hours from us in Torrey, UT. We stopped near the Grand Wash and took this photo. There was an old uranium mine here. The first claim was made in 1904. (Who needed uranium in 1904?) In the 1920's people used the uranium from the mine as a cure for rheumatism and other ailments. They crushed it up into their drinking water! They also wore it in packets tied to their aching arthritic joints! 
Now the tunnels are all blocked off because they are unstable (and probably radioactive! See the sign behind us?). It is actually a preserved habitat for bats. We wouldn't have been surprised to hear reports of a lot of two headed ones in the area!
This is the view from a point called 'The Goosenecks' and some petroglyphs carved into the stone walls of the canyon.
This is an interesting thing that we saw on our way home. It looked a lot like a person laying on the side of the road. We think that it was a memorial of some kind.
1 comment:
oh my goodness.... that really does look like someone lying down but that they didn't get back up in time.
Hope all is well out there in Utah.
take care and stay well and happy!
Pegi
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