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Offline BigBendHiker

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« on: July 16, 2006, 09:47:27 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2006, 08:28:21 AM »
So, is the Bonfire Shelter some place that we can visit or is it off limits?

It sounds like a great stop on the way to BIBE and I would love to see it and hear more about it.

All I could find was that it was out near Langtry.
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2006, 07:14:36 PM »
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So, is the Bonfire Shelter some place that we can visit or is it off limits?


It's on private property (Jack Skile's ranch), but you can visit it twice a year on a tour with the Rock Art Foundation:

Bonfire Shelter/Eagle Cave
Located near Langtry, Bonfire Shelter (the bison kill site depicted in the exhibit at Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site) dates to 12,000 years BP (Before Present) and is the oldest example in the New World of the kill strategy demonstrated here. The walk to Bonfire is of moderate difficulty - a steep trail strewn with large boulders. Eagle Cave, a large occupational site, is found in the same canyon. The walk is approximately 1.5 miles. This tour is conducted the first Saturday in December and March and is available only to active RAF members at no charge. Reservations required. Group must be limited to 25 participants.
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2006, 09:28:23 PM »
Thanks, Joe.  I figured you would have some of the details on these...thanks for posting...


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Offline tinneyr

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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2007, 02:08:49 AM »
After reading Okie's New Years trip report it renewed my passion of visiting pictograph sites.  I've been checking out the RAF website and ordered the CD they have as it appears the sites they visit have some outstanding pictographs that I didn't even think existed in this area of the US.  Is there anyone here that is a member of RAF or have gone on any of the tours they offer?  I'd love to hear some tour reports.
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Offline cjacob

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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2007, 09:47:20 AM »
I have they are very cool tours. There are also ranches in the area that you can camp at for a fee that have rock art in them. I know that on this ranch the rock set was featured in national geographic. If was not in the middle of noware Mo. Right now on my blackberry staying in touch in the real world via a hand held I would post a link.
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2007, 12:38:14 PM »
I used to work for the Rock Art Foundation in San Antonio before Jim Zintgraff died.  

They have some great tours scheduled throughout the year, and every weekend they supply guides at Seminole Canyon State Park to lead the Saturday and Sunday morning tours to Fate Bell Shelter.

Every Saturday they have a noon tour to the White Shaman Shelter, which is located on the 400 acre White Shaman Preserve that was donated to the Rock Art Foundation. I highly recommend it.
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Re: Rock Art Foundation
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2007, 03:12:14 PM »
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I used to work for the Rock Art Foundation in San Antonio before Jim Zintgraff died.

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you never seize to amaze me!
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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2007, 03:49:08 PM »
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You never cease to amaze me!


Likewise!
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