One of the best preserved cliff dwellings in North America. This 20 room high-rise apartment, nestled into a towering limestone cliff, tells a 1,000 year-old story of ingenuity and survival in an unforgiving desert landscape. This is an enduring legacy of the Sinagua culture.
http://www.nps.gov/moca/historyculture/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/moca/historyculture/index.htm
The Well
Gavin and Tyler play in the Spring. Jona, E, BK, Nick, DK, PK and Katie
Darrin and Katie.
Darrin and Katie.
Montezuma Well is a separate part of the monument, located 11 miles northeast, near Rimrock, Arizona. The Well is a natural limestone sinkhole through which some 1,400,000 gallons of water flow each day. The water is highly carbonated and contains high levels of arsenic. At least five endemic species live only in the Well: a diatom, a springtail, a water scorpion, an amphipod, and a leech -- the most endemic species in any spring in the Southwest USThis constant supply of warm, fresh water provides an aquatic habitat like no other in the world, and has served as an oasis for wildlife and humans for thousands of years.
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This looks like such a fun trip!! What an awesome thing to go see!
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