We visited the areas largest rock art from several different cultures. The Petroglyphs and Pictographs were amazing. Apparently Petroglyphs are rock art engravings and Pictographs are rock art paintings.Owen has memories of his visit to Montezuma's Castle as a 13 year old and being able to climb the ladders and go inside the dwellings. Not so today. Infact, I think I read that the public could no longer access the dwellings sometime in the late 50's/early 60's. It looked like it would have been a little scarey and hard to believe they would have let the public climb around in them. The Sinagua began building the 5 story, 20 room dwelling early in the 1100's. It stands in a cliff recess 100 feet above the valley. Just beyond the first structure was another dwelling that was once 6 stories with about 45 rooms. They had a whole community happening. One could sit and ponder what life must have been like back then.
A side story: As we approached the last 4 miles to one of our excursions, Owen was most perplexed by the condition of the road as we left the pavement. A sign appeared saying "Primative Road, use with caution" or something like that. Yep, no doubt about it. The only difference is that at home on the Sunshine Coast, they wouldn't have posted a sign. It reminded us of the little road down by Sargeants Bay. You know the one where they only fill the pot holes once a year and then, only if you travel it frequently, would you know they'd been filled.
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