Out and about: Finding century-old graffiti on volcanic rock during a desert hike

I didn’t expect to find 101-year-old graffiti in the sagebrush country east of Baker City. Although given the vintage, and the style, I suppose petroglyphs might be the more apt term for what my wife, Lisa, and I saw during a hike on a Christmas Eve that was bright but brisk, owing to a persistent wind out of the southeast and a temperature around freezing.

I just wanted to have a look at the shallow caves in the rimrock above Bulldozer Creek.

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