June 2, 2024 – Trip Day 63
We drove out to visit the Montezuma Castle National Monument after we arrived in Munds Park, AZ.
Munds Park is a nice little town nestled in the mountains a little ways south of Flagstaff. We had planned some additional stops in Cape Verde, AZ however with the repairs, that part of the trip was cut out to make the days we needed for repairs.
We were able to print out the kids’ Junior Ranger Books at the RV and they worked on them and were able to quickly turn in their books when we arrived. This is one of the smaller National Monuments. The structure was a short walk from the visitor center.
Meagan and I tag teamed this one, as Randal was sleeping and one does not dare disrupt a sleeping baby.
The kids pose in front of the ‘castle’ – a series of cliff houses built along the cliff face.
Meagan poses in front of one of the reconstructed cliff dwellings.
After Meagan and the kids walked through, I took a short walk through the visitor center and along the trail. In the museum portion of the visitor center, they had a timeline showing comparative development of the Sinagua [without water] compared to Europe. It was interesting to note that the peak of this culture building mud huts coincided with the completion of the Notre Dame Cathedral in France.
A cut away view of the cliff dwellings.
An interesting place, but a fairly quick stop. It was another farming community along the banks of the Dry Beaver Creek.
From there, we popped over to see the Tuzigoot National Monument. Read about our visit here!
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