Tanks, are western U.S. words for water containment spots-- natural or human made. The Hueco Tanks are indentations in the stone earth's surface--surface pushed up from beneath +-34mil. yrs ago, as magma rose from below and then cooled. These tanks hold rain water, and of course the flora and fauna flourish in the desert where's there's water. Thus, Hueco Tanks is little oasis. From hunter-gatherers 10K yrs. ago traveling across the desert in pursuit of game, to curious tourists in goofy trailers, we each have our reasons for for showing up at Hueco Tanks. Our camper is at about 4800 ft. Today, Ann and I hiked up to the top of the bolder mountain looming behind us, to an elevation of +-58-6000 ft.. It was rough going over huge boulders, but we made it to the top. Descending was the pits. We became muddled & came down a different route, while asking each other several times, "what the hell are we doing this for?" But once you're up ya gotta come down & we made it.
And then, there were the pictographs---stone drawings of animals, birds, and large-eyed figures that may represent rain or storm deities. Furthermore, among these pictograph images is the the largest assemblage of painted masks in North America.
There are a good number of photos of the above that'll be tagged onto this blog (hopefully) when it's published tomorrow. Later.....
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