Bridge Mountain, looking north from the Watchman Trail loop
It was quite a bit cooler last night, the coldest it’s been since we got to Utah. This morning we walked to the human history museum, about a kilometre north of the campground. Along the way we saw a group of mule deer. At the museum we saw a number of displays about the history of this area. We also watched a 20 minute video about the park. There are supposed to be some petroglyphs on a rock that is not far from the museum. We walked all around the rock and saw nothing, so perhaps we had the wrong rock, as there are definite pictures of them on the Internet.
There is an art exhibit on at the museum. Throughout September and October they have a “plein air” exhibition of artists who paint in the park. We have stopped and looked at several of the artists that were painting at different locations in the park.
After lunch we hiked the Watchman Trail. It starts right here in the campground, and goes about 3 kilometres up to a point with a good view to the north and south. The trail switchbacks quite sharply and drops off steeply on the sides. We decided we’d take it a bit easier today.