Wednesday – March 19
Started today with another trip to the casino – this time for their seniors’ breakfast buffet special at $3.50 each. Can’t even get a fancy coffee for that, so why not take advantage of it. Unfortunately, the machines picked our pockets before and after eating ($20 from mine and $5 from Robin’s). Oh well, so far on this trip, that is all the money from our own pockets we have left in the one-armed bandits (or perhaps they should now be called the one-button bandits).
Now well fed and ready to face the day, we headed back through Cottonwood to the Tuzigoot National Monument. The modern-day pronunciation is too-zee-goot, but the correct and original was too-see-whoodt. It is Apache for “crooked water”. This Sinagua pueblo-style village was built between 1000 and 1400, set on a long ridge rising 120’ above the valley. The original pueblo was two stories high in places, with 87 ground-floor rooms. There were few exterior doors; entry was by ladders through roof openings. The village began as a small cluster of rooms inhabited by some 50 people for 100 years. In the 1200’s the population doubled and then doubled again, and the development grew down the sides of the hill to accommodate the increase in inhabitants.
Started today with another trip to the casino – this time for their seniors’ breakfast buffet special at $3.50 each. Can’t even get a fancy coffee for that, so why not take advantage of it. Unfortunately, the machines picked our pockets before and after eating ($20 from mine and $5 from Robin’s). Oh well, so far on this trip, that is all the money from our own pockets we have left in the one-armed bandits (or perhaps they should now be called the one-button bandits).
Now well fed and ready to face the day, we headed back through Cottonwood to the Tuzigoot National Monument. The modern-day pronunciation is too-zee-goot, but the correct and original was too-see-whoodt. It is Apache for “crooked water”. This Sinagua pueblo-style village was built between 1000 and 1400, set on a long ridge rising 120’ above the valley. The original pueblo was two stories high in places, with 87 ground-floor rooms. There were few exterior doors; entry was by ladders through roof openings. The village began as a small cluster of rooms inhabited by some 50 people for 100 years. In the 1200’s the population doubled and then doubled again, and the development grew down the sides of the hill to accommodate the increase in inhabitants.
The rest of the day was filled up with grocery shopping, and reading and relaxing. Tomorrow we hit the road again.
Thursday - March 20
Continued our trek north. We climbed another 4000 feet, up to over 7000 at the highest point, then back down to Williams, our new home for the next three days, at just under 6800. We've definitely left the cactus behind and it's looking more like home now. It's also freakin' cold here at night, so the flannel jammies are out again and the duvet is back on the bed.
Once settled in to our site, we took a walk down Historic Route 66 where it runs through "downtown" Williams. Lots of souvenir stores, some with some very interesting and different things. Fun to wander through, but not much else to see around here. Tomorrow we head to the Grand Canyon.
Thursday - March 20
Continued our trek north. We climbed another 4000 feet, up to over 7000 at the highest point, then back down to Williams, our new home for the next three days, at just under 6800. We've definitely left the cactus behind and it's looking more like home now. It's also freakin' cold here at night, so the flannel jammies are out again and the duvet is back on the bed.
Once settled in to our site, we took a walk down Historic Route 66 where it runs through "downtown" Williams. Lots of souvenir stores, some with some very interesting and different things. Fun to wander through, but not much else to see around here. Tomorrow we head to the Grand Canyon.
Until next time dear followers, remember, the speed of time is one-second per second.