12:09 p.m.
From Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument we drove back to I-25 and then north to just south of Santa Fe, where we located the BLM's La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site. There are no signs for this area, but there is a gravel parking area and a vault toilet (which was tipped over at the time we visited). There were several other vehicles when we arrived, but they all seemed to belong to a group of archaeologist who were visiting the site. The GPS Coordinates for this parking area are: 35 36.525N; 106 07.203W; at an elevation of 6,174 feet.

Along the west side of the parking area there is a small post with an arrow that points the way toward the basalt cliffs along the western horizon. There is an obvious foot trail through the grass. Soon the trail comes to a fence and there is another post pointing to the south. Follow the fence line quite a ways south (perhaps a quarter of a mile) and cross a shallow wash. The trial climbs a bit, then levels out and soon there is a break in the fence. Another arrow points toward the west; it’s a short climb to the base of the basalt cliff. From here the trail leads to the south along the cliff face, which is covered with petroglyphs of all types, mostly in the Rio Grande Style. Apparently the trail goes on for about a mile, but we probably only made it about 0.25 miles along the way. I would have liked to have kept going, but we ran out of time and had to get on to another location.

We retraced our steps to the parking area. We’ll come back again when we have a bit more time to explore. There were lots of kokopellis and thunderbirds, copulation scenes, faces, spirals, zoomorphs, anthropomorphs, and other objects that seemed to go on and on.