Santa Margarita River Trail Hike

This is a trail in Fallbrook CA. It has lovely streams and a fabulous hike that lead to these Native American Findings by the Temecula band of Luiseno Mission Indians.

These footprint-sized bowl depressions, called morteros, carved by native tribes to grind grain.

After seeing these I knew rock art couldn't be too far away. Grinding stones meant a village was once there. I was winding along the trail when this large split rock caught my eye. Rock art is often painted on a split of a boulder because it was belived it was a path to the spirit world. After running and calling my hiking club to check it out, several expereinced rock art admirers sadly told me this is recent art. Wahhhh! I thougt it was cool, so I included it here. The picture of me is for scale. I'm 5'10"

Check out the lizard in the crack!