Out in the Colorado Desert in Imperial County (eastern half of Southern
California and north of the U.S./Mexican Border), there are hundreds of acres
of "desert pavement" created by millions of years of eroded soils and mosaic
formation of gravels on caliche. Late in the afternoon when the Sun drops
near the horizon, shadows form and larger stones placed later than the
gravels are evident to the naked eye. Walking along the Native American
trails at that time of day, you can sometimes find rock alignments in the
form of Bighorn Sheep, fish and mythical beings. There are even people's
initials marked out in the same fashion. At one such place, someone scratched
"1896" on a prehistoric pot sherd adjacent to an alignment of initials. Pea
gravels and pebbles have many implications out in the field.

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.