This pueblo is about 1 mile from us and was a fascinating tour. You can wander through the ruins at your own speed. There is a museum as well with many old artifacts. This was habitated by the Sinagua Indians from 1100 to 1300 A.D. Water is nearby so they were very self-sufficient. It's not known why they suddenly abandoned the area.
This is the marsh below the pueblo and spring is arriving in the cottonwood trees.
This old barn is in the Dead Horse Ranch State Park property. It's quite run down and off limits. You could see Tuzigoot from there.
Love that name.Our site is to the left near the back of the campground.
This old mine shaft at Jerome is 1900 ft deep and has a glass floor to stand and look down from. It was called the Audrey Shaft and the area was mined for gold, copper, zinc and silver. Very steep mountain sides. This was a museum and the strangest place we ever had a picnic. Picnic tables were 20 ft from this shaft with lots of rusty metal appealing to Gord.
Sedona area has the most amazing mountains and we loved hiking in this area.
Back to Jerome! I'm looking through an old theatre projector - didn't work.
A cute little lizard with a new tail.
Gord ran across the road to take a picture of this bizarre truck. It's a Chevy Luv with a 440 Chrystler engine in the middle of a homemade frame (behind the cab). It's yours for $5,000.00 just go to Lake Montezuma. Strangely enough we were able to buy fresh cookies at an antique store (made by Granny)!
This pueblo was also lived in from 1100 to 1400 A.D. Impossible to get to without ladders so it must have been a very safe place. Although there were a quite a few tourists here, the area had a very peaceful feeling about it. Fresh water flows quite close to this area so again the people were self sufficient. We wondered if those who lived there ever had a fear of heights!
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