Dezert4Runner
Senior Member
Last minute trip... literally flip flopped between going or staying home & finishing last minute Xmas shopping until about 8pm the night before. If it wasn't for the scenery, weather, and lack of people out there, it would have been tough to justify recommending as a stand alone day trip.
The pictographs were cool when you really think about how old they are and the fact that they're still there and some low life hasn't graffitied over them. Super easy hike though.
The Marshall South Home hike is like 95% uphill for about 25-30 mins, but the view from the top is probably a 270* view from Little Blair Valley wrapping around to the Badlands to the south. The home site doesn't have a whole lot left to see, but it really makes you wonder why someone would want to do the "homestead" thing in the middle of the desert, especially considering the era they did it (late 1930's thru late 1940's).
Swimming pool? Bath tub? Who knows. About 3' deep and 10' in diameter, so it was not small!
Sundial
You can make out the grooves for the time. It was too overcast to see it in action.
Rain water collection tank with overflow tanks
The pictographs were cool when you really think about how old they are and the fact that they're still there and some low life hasn't graffitied over them. Super easy hike though.
The Marshall South Home hike is like 95% uphill for about 25-30 mins, but the view from the top is probably a 270* view from Little Blair Valley wrapping around to the Badlands to the south. The home site doesn't have a whole lot left to see, but it really makes you wonder why someone would want to do the "homestead" thing in the middle of the desert, especially considering the era they did it (late 1930's thru late 1940's).
Swimming pool? Bath tub? Who knows. About 3' deep and 10' in diameter, so it was not small!
Sundial
You can make out the grooves for the time. It was too overcast to see it in action.
Rain water collection tank with overflow tanks
