Hi All! Well, today was wonderful. John Fish from Hot Springs State Park took the IU Field School on a tour of local petroglyphs, and it was just fabulous. Petroglyphs are ancient rock carvings, also known as “Rock Art.” These petroglyphs date all the way back to around 11,000 years ago, and the images are the stuff legends are made of. Magnificent. John, thanks for doing such an amazing job showing the students the rock art. And thanks to Audrey, Sam, and Gabriel for riding in the truck with Mike and Kevin Jones. Great conversations, folks. At the end of the day, just for extra fun, we went to a site on the ranch that we call Ground Stone Creek because it’s filled with prehistoric grinding stones, and were surprised to find fresh mountain lion tracks. She must have been just ahead of us on the trail. Kathy didn’t get to go today (she’s seen most of the petroglyphs before). Instead, she spent the day working on the final chapters of People of the Songtrail, the book about the first contact between Vikings and Paleo-Inuit peoples in North America, which should be out some time in early 2015. Hope everyone is well. Have a great summer. Mike and Kathy