Our next stop was Homol'ovi State Park. As soon as we stopped at the visitor center we saw a sign directing us to walk around the side of the center and enter the back because there were rattlesnakes on the stairs! OK…that’s good to know. We didn’t see them (there were supposed to be 4 snakes living there) but after that it made it interesting to take a hike. Every time something moved we were sure it was a rattlesnake. The good part is that we were much more observant and instead saw lizards and quite a few jackrabbits.
There are early Hopi ruins here. Most of the pueblos we see are either ruins (maybe a foot or two of wall) or reconstructions. Sadly, there has been a lot of looting of artifacts, but we saw more chards of pottery at this site than any of the other pueblos we’ve seen. Someone has picked them up and placed them on rocks so you see the general area they came from and the range of colors and techniques. Very cool!
By the way, we found out scientist interpret the petroglyph in the last post as a blue heron holding a frog. Personally, I think a giant bird holding a guy is much more exciting.
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