Montezuma Castle



"Sheltered within a cave high on a limestone cliff overlooking Beaver Creek, this five-story, twenty-room pueblo was once home to prehistoric Sinagua people.  Abandoned after A.D. 1400, this imposing cliff dwelling is now preserved at Montezuma Castle National Monument." 

The above writing is from the label of the plastic water battle we bought from there and I have kept for this wonderful occasion.  The occasion being of having given myself a chance to write. 

My cousin, Arpi (I have also friends named Arpy, Arpie and Arpinée), had sent me an email asking me how I am doing.  Instead of writing back, I called her.  For some reason she couldn't hear me and kept asking me repeatedly how I am doing with an urgency in her voice.  I finally told her to read my blog.

I took this picture last week when we visited the Camp Verde area of Arizona, less than 100 miles north of Phoenix.  I had no idea this place existed having had my focus on wanting to visit the Grand Canyon one day.  That's where one starts if one wants to see wonders in this corner of the woods.  Expectation is one thing, wonderful surprise is another.  Oh, what a day it was.  So welcome and needed after a full year of hard work.  It was my mini-vacation and the cold I started battling did not dumpen my joy for being away from the city, out in nature, exploring and discovering.

For some reason, I cannot put another picture here.  See you in Montezuma Well (my next posting).