Tuzigoot National Monument Clarkdale

Wupatki National Monument, Flagstaff, Arizona provides yet another opportunity to explore the ruins of puebloan peoples, who were believed to have inhabited the area since the 1100s. By 1180 thousands of people were farming on the Wupatki landscape. By 1250 the pueblos stood empty. Many people traversed the high deserts of the Colorado Plateau over …

Na de hectische dagen in New York, hebben we het vandaag rustig aan gedaan. Uitgeslapen, spullen gepakt, ontbijtje buiten de deur en toen terug naar het vliegveld... Ja je leest het goed... Gil wilde toch liever een andere auto rijden. Deze hadden ze gisteren niet op voorraad, maar vandaag misschien wel, en inderdaad... Zie foto... Afgezien van het …

"Jerome, Arizona, the City in the Sky"

The continental breakfast at the hotel was meager but the coffee was good. After coffee and bagel we headed out to explore Jerome. First stop: Jerome Historical State Park, located in the Douglas Mansion. It had plenty of information about the history of Jerome, which was a copper mining center at one …

... has a very good display of artifacts from this period. The site has had extensive archeological investigation and was established as a National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in the 1930's.  It is a huge credit to him that so many of the ...