Carol and I took Esther into Quartzsite this morning to show her some of our favorite rock stores and to buy more pendants ..... I have a dozen pendants now hmmmm, wonder if I have enough yet.

This afternoon Ed and I drove out of town to see the Quartzsite Rock Alignment and Intaglios. The area north of Quartzsite was used as training ground for General Patton's troops during WWII. Rocks were laid out in the desert spelling the word Quartzsite followed by an arrow pointing towards the town.

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Look closely at the photo and you'll see the first few letters of Quartzsite.

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Zaph wasn't impressed with the rock alignment .... maybe that has to do with the fact that he can't read.

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A bit further down the road is the Bouse Fisherman Intaglio. It is the outline of a fisherman drawn on the desert floor by ancient Indians, some think it depicts the creation of the Colorado River. We're told that it's better viewed from the air but we didn't have that option.

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This is the same photo as above with lines drawn by Ed to better show the drawing.

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Zaph was pretty proud of himself as he helped Ed to find two geocaches --- one by the alignment and one by the intaglios.