Wild Tomatillos and 5 Faces

Todd and I took advantage of the long weekend and explored a couple of areas we had not been into yet.

Spring Canyon that drains down in Labrinth Canyon on the Green and Davis Canyon down in the Needles District of Canyonlands. Davis Canyon canyon is a remote section of the Park that has some interesting Pictographs and Ruins that I wanted to get into.

After exploring around for while we found the 5 Faces Pictograph Panel and several nearby ruins. One of the ruins had an interesting green plant growing out of it. After looking at it, it appeared to be a tomatillo plant.

I was not aware of it but wild tomatillo is native to the Colorado Plateau and apparently it was also cultivated by the Anasazi. Which made me wonder if those plants had actually been on that ledge for the last 800 years growing and dying and sprouting again each year. I wonder what Anasazi salsa tasted like?

Walking the ledge to the 5 Faces

Todd walking on water

Metates and faint pictographs

The 5 Faces

Looking for a route into the Log Cabin Ruin