Built in 1350, four stories high, by Hohokam farmers who had an elaborate irrigation system. The canopy, of course is to prevent further deterioration.
Our guide
Saguaro ribs were used as beams in the caliche walls (a concrete like mixture of sand clay and limestone.
Not all of the building has been excavated.
Small doors!
An apartment house.
Great indoor! displays of snakes, lizards and flowers which was nice since a lot of the desert doesn't start to bloom until March/April
Outdoors at the museum.
Outdoor classroom.
Great indoor sculpture in the aviary of a century plant and quail with their funny-little topnotches.
Since I've never gotten good photos of hummingbirds, I end up taking a photo of the signs!
15 foot century plant in bloom
Century plant bloom up close.
Ramada roof provides nice shade!
Pincushion cactus
Totem pole cactus - since the bumps sometimes resemble faces.
Cool little museum indoors and out includes a hiking trail.
Superstition Mountains
Teddy bear cholla
Touristy Goldfield, a former mining town.
We toured the bordello.
Outside the jail.
Prickly pear ice cream
A prickly pear before its blossom and fruit.
Amazing! I shot this photo out the window while we were driving! It'll never happen again!
Interesting city hall building in Florence where they ran out of money and couldn't afford the clock works so they painted 11:44 on the face.
Safflower field
It rained. This is my only sunset photo!
A cache was hidden in the middle of a short barrel cactus, but conveniently it had a wire attached to get it pulled out.
This magnetic bolt bored out in the middle had the cache log in it. The bolt looked like it was part of the park bench.
"Old west" jail.
We climbed up to get the next cache - on the other side - which was an easier climb than this side!
A hole was bored in the rock with a small rock placed in the hole that covered the microcache.
Looking down from where we found the cache.
This cache location was called Double Ugly, and the cache was in a crotch.
House number
Cool former church converted to a museum.
Dave waiting for his sarsaparilla.
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Beautiful landscaping in downtown Phoenix.
A clay artist and glass artist worked on this art inspired by a fence.
All kinds of animals and whatever glass shapes. You'll recognize this one.
Navajo jewelry.
Inside a hogan - I guess the Navajos probably didn't have a light fixture like this.
Art by Indian artist Allan Houser.
Part of the museum was a replica of a boarding house where Indian children were schooled??
We actually saw TWO roadrunners outdoors. I won't count the stuffed one in a museum!
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