While driving from California to Arizona, we stopped for two nights near Sedona. On the day we left, we stopped by Montezuma Well and Castle.
![jawsnap > _12/19/10_ Red Rock Reflection
Or RRR, for short. This spectacular view presented itself along the Shnelby Hill Road in Sedona. It was a 5 mile, very steep drive up a very bumpy and muddy dirt road, but the view from the top was well worth it. This view wasn't quite at the top, but about a mile down. The sun is reflecting off of the puddles on the famously red rocks.
Sedona was awesome, and I have many other photos to show, look for a gallery soon...
UPDATE: photos are posted, check them out - Sedona
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-SfKRG49/1/Ti/2010-12-19%20Red%20Rock%20Reflection-Ti.jpg "jawsnap > _12/19/10_ Red Rock Reflection
Or RRR, for short. This spectacular view presented itself along the Shnelby Hill Road in Sedona. It was a 5 mile, very steep drive up a very bumpy and muddy dirt road, but the view from the top was well worth it. This view wasn't quite at the top, but about a mile down. The sun is reflecting off of the puddles on the famously red rocks.
Sedona was awesome, and I have many other photos to show, look for a gallery soon...
UPDATE: photos are posted, check them out - Sedona
[last year]")
![jawsnap > _12/20/10_ Cliff Castle
Today we left Sedona and headed South to Tucson. Along the way, we stopped at Montezuma Well and Montezuma Castle, about 10 miles apart. Both are misnomers, named by early settlers that thought they were Aztec when, in fact, the Aztecs never made it this far North. They were built by the Sinagua people, who vanished from the area 500-600 years ago for reasons unknown.
This is obviously the 'castle', not the well. It's 100 feet off the ground and would have had ladders to get to it when it was in use. Other ruins are nearby, but none as spectacular as these - 4 levels built straight into the cliff.
I'll post more photos in a separate gallery, but in case you're wondering what the well is - it's a sinkhole that's fed by underground springs, so there's constant water at the bottom. Sinagua ruins are all around the rim, as well as inside the well. Both stops are just minutes from I-17 and they're well worth the stop.
More photos!
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/i-MNFfGK4/1/Ti/2010-12-20%20Cliff%20Castle-Ti.jpg "jawsnap > _12/20/10_ Cliff Castle
Today we left Sedona and headed South to Tucson. Along the way, we stopped at Montezuma Well and Montezuma Castle, about 10 miles apart. Both are misnomers, named by early settlers that thought they were Aztec when, in fact, the Aztecs never made it this far North. They were built by the Sinagua people, who vanished from the area 500-600 years ago for reasons unknown.
This is obviously the 'castle', not the well. It's 100 feet off the ground and would have had ladders to get to it when it was in use. Other ruins are nearby, but none as spectacular as these - 4 levels built straight into the cliff.
I'll post more photos in a separate gallery, but in case you're wondering what the well is - it's a sinkhole that's fed by underground springs, so there's constant water at the bottom. Sinagua ruins are all around the rim, as well as inside the well. Both stops are just minutes from I-17 and they're well worth the stop.
More photos!
[last year]")
Red Rock
Another cool view along Schnebly Hill Road.
Another cool view along Schnebly Hill Road.
Red Rock
Another cool view along Schnebly Hill Road.
Another cool view along Schnebly Hill Road.