Today fro day 29 we had another long drive of 84 miles and it was all great roads. Everyone made it to the campground with know problems. I like that, it makes my job a little easier when everyone makes it in with know problems. The rest of the day was just doing nothing and enjoying the sun and fellowship of the caravan. We had a wonderful social today with desserts and lots of snacks, no need for dinner tonight.
Day 30 started of early with everyone loading the bus at 8:00 AM for a day of view the area of Verdi Valley. Our first stop was Montezuma Castle.
They had a great visitors center here with a lot of history, a must see if you are ever in this area.
Or guide Dennis said that the last time this area was open to the public to go up into the ruins was about 15 years ago. Now the only people let up there are the park people and people that study these people. You really wonder how many ladders they have to climb to get to the first floor.
Here is our guide Dennis explaining things about the ruins.
This is a model of the what the castle looks like with all of there rooms.
Our next stop was the Montezume Well.
This is amazing, for a desert area to have this natural springs filling this well. It never goes down during the summer and if I am right it spills out about 100 gallons a miunte.
This was a canal used to divert the water for the indians farm area in the early days.
The water flows very quickly out from under these rocks and runs into the canal and the creek below.
Our next stop was Tuzigoot Indian Ruins.
Each of these rooms would house one family, as you can see this was a big community.
As I said to day was a very busy day with a lot of sights to see, but our next stop was a ghost town that has come back to life. During the late 1900's Jerome was a big copper mining area. When copper market feel apart the town became a ghost town. Then in the 1980's or around that time it became a artist retreat, because of the great views of the area. Remember Jerome is build on a hill. This was a great place to eat lunch.
After shopping and eating we head to Airport Mesa above Sedona.
A wonderful view of Sedona area.
Our final stop of the day was Oak Creek Canyon.
It was a long day but a lot of wonderful sites that we visited. Tomorrow is our last full day and people will be on their own tell we head to the farewell dinner tonight. Then bright and early everyone heads out on a new trip. We will be heading towards the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque. So keep an eye on the blog and you will see what happens there. This has been a great trip and the people have been wonderful. I hope we all cross paths in the future. May the roads be clear and the views wonderful.
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