October 6-9, Camp Verde, AZ
We woke up on Thursday, October 6 th to rain and the wind blowing hard. The wind was blowing hard enough that we were concerned about driving in it. Fortunately, the rain stopped and the wind died down about 8 am. We headed out for Camp Verde about 42 miles South and 3,000 feet lower in elevation so it should be warmer and no snow. After we left Flagstaff we could look back and see the snow on the San Francisco Peaks. Snowbowl ski area got about 3 inches of the white stuff. We arrived in Camp Verde where the sun was shining and it was a lot warmer than Flagstaff. We are staying at Camp Verde RV Resort, a nice resort in the Coast to Coast network. We went to Montezuma Castle National Monument, a 5-story, 20-room cliff dwelling that is 100 feet above the valley floor. It was built in the early 1100’s by Southern Sinagua people. Early settlers assumed it was Aztec in origin and wrongly named it Montezuma Castle after the Aztec ruler. ...