Though the plant life and water is probably the reason for the historical draw to heuco tanks, today it is famous for the rock paintings that can be found as a result of the centuries of people who have come to the area. For this reason hueco tanks is considered sacred by most local native americans. Some of the art is thousands of years old, while other pictures are as recent at the 1800's. Here is a link to a pdf that talks about the hueco tanks art. The park provides guided rock art tours.
One interesting point is that because of the vandalism that has occurred, the state parks service limits the number of people that can be in the park at any one time that are not part of a guided tour to 70. Not only that, but two thirds of the park are off limits to anyone not part of a tour. As we were leaving the park there was a line of cars waiting to get in, and as we passed the ranger let one car in.
5 comments:
Very interesting trip!
um.. you went to Hueco and you didn't go rock-climbing!?!?!? I'd say that's the #1 reason for their tourism right now - amazing bouldering!
Its kinda hard to boulder with an almost 4 year old and a 19 month old.
c'mon Manu! Tie them up at the visitor's center.. (I kid I kid..) knowing my husband our babies will have visited every bouldering destination in the US by the time they're in kindergarten. "You're 4 years old? V4's from now on!" We're spending a week or so down there at the end of February if you guys wanna come climb with us!
cool. I liked the art collage.
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