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We decided to prepare for the best and hope we could cycle this afternoon so packed up and rode the 2.5 km to the museum which was the start of the tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_094852-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_094852-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_094852-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_094852-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_094852-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_094852-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_094852-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prehistoric_Rock_Art_Sites_in_the_C%C3%B4a_Valley_and_Siega_Verde\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prehistoric_Rock_Art_Sites_in_the_C%C3%B4a_Valley_and_Siega_Verde<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_110648-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_110648-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_110648-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_110648-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_110648-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_110648-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_110648-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It turns out the entire river coa drainage was planned to be flooded by a hydro dam.  There was a huge initiative to save this from flooding, politics got involved, an election was had and the newly elected head promptly canceled the dam after construction had been happening for 4 years!  Quite a bit of the preliminary work had been completed, a diversion tunnel for the river, rock stabilization, roads built, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We started the hike and visited 5 of the 1200 rock art sites.  This is now a world heritage site, and was one of the quickest formed world heritage sites ever created once the dam project was cancelled! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rock art was very difficult to photograph!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_103222-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_103222-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_103222-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_103222-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_103222-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_103222-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_103222-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_105829-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_105829-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_105829-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_105829-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_105829-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_105829-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_105829-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was no paint visible on any of the rock art as these are all fully exposed to the elements and over 13,000 years any paint that might have have been was no longer visible.  There was one rock art somewhere in the area that was protected by a large overhang and had paint on it, so it&#8217;s possible they would have been painted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, these rock art samples cannot be directly dated.  The rock is quite acidic and there are very few organic remains to be dated.  All the rock carvings are dated by the style, in comparison to other rock art in the area from Spain and France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adele was quite week after her food poisining ordeal and we decided to not cycle to the next destination.  We paid to tour the museum associated with the rock art, and she had some soup at the cafe at the museum while I enjoyed a ham and cheese toastie and coffee \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Adele went back to bed, I wandered around town trying to find someplace to have a beer and some dinner.  Town rolled up the carpet at 7 pm!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The town is really trying to leverage the prehistoric rock art, including in in various components of the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_184544-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_184544-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_184544-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_184544-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_184544-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_184544-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_184544-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each streetlight has a clear panel above it with various different styles of rock art engraved in the glass\/plexiglass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not too sure what the pink flower theme was on this street, but it sure made it stand out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_200018-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adele woke up this morning very weak, but felt up to doing the prehistoric rock art tour. 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