Montezuma Well
10/25/2007
10/25/2007
10/25/2007
Our first year in Arizona we went to Montezuma Castle just like everyone else but never made it to Montezuma Well for some reason. That oversight has now been corrected, and it is very impressive. Yes, I was expecting just a pit of water but there are some ancient dwellings, beautiful trees, and a irrigation ditch dating back to prehistoric times.
Gee, why would you want to have a house near the water?
The water has a very high content of carbon dioxide so no fish live there
These dwellings are up on the rim area.
This house is right near the swallet, thus the swallet ruin.
OK, would you guess you were in a desert? Those wacky ancients knew a thing or two
This is the end of the trail. Note the interesting vegetation on the left
