After camping amongst the Ironwoods it was time to go to our next destination about 40mi north of Phoenix: Agua Fria National Monument. We could hardly wait. Wikipedia says this:
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Over 450 distinct Native American structures have been recorded in the monument, some of large pueblos containing more than 100 rooms each. "
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| hmmm, must be around here somewhere...maybe over the edge over there? |
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| Pueblo La Plata |
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| unexcavated |
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| lots of pot shards |
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| as we surveyed this rustic Pueblo, what should appear but a swarm of bees! it scared the bejesus out of us! having thousands of bees flying just overhead as a diffuse cloud really hits a primal nerve. T does beekeeping so it wasn't just that there were bees. there are Africanized bees in Arizona and they could have decided that they just didn't like the look of us and, well, killed us all right there -YIKES! |
Oh to have known that the 450 sites were UNEXCAVATED and all but one was UNMARKED. My theory: since Phoenix is just 40 miles away, this is the place where archeology students go to find things to put in papers. Just a guess.
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| fun little drink holder sticks in the ground |
After a very pleasant dispersed camp, we headed toward Petrified Forest national Park. Naturally, we filled our gas tank with ADVENTURE:
Saw this snake sunning itself in the road on the way out the next morning. so THAT's why snake petroglyphs are often so squiggly!
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