Around noon, we headed to Montezuma's Castle National Monument. The castle is a cliff dwelling similar to those at Mesa Verde. The settlers of the region assumed that it was Aztec in origin - hence the name. However it was part of a culture named the Sinagua that disappeared mysteriously around the year 1400. We hiked out to view the castle with our umbrellas for shade and they became doubly useful when it started to downpour!
After a couple stops at dumpy antique stores (the best kind), we headed to Tuzigoot National Monument. It was another ruin from the Sinagua people but was completely different from Montezuma's Castle in that the paths went through the dwelling itself. It looks like an ancient sprawling apartment building. Our umbrellas kept inverting there because of heavy winds!
On our way back to Sedona, we stopped at a shoddy looking army surplus store where we found a pair of great binoculars for twenty-three dollars! It was perfect since we're heading to the south rim of the Grand Canyon tomorrow!
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