Before the boys started school we decided to take one last weekend adventure. Of course the boys wanted to go fishing so we planned to leave early on Saturday morning and head up to Flagstaff. Friday evening Anthony thought it would be fun to just head up and sleep in the car at the lake. We all agreed and jumped in the car. By the time we hit Camp Verde we all admitted our reluctance to staying in the car. Anthony gave in and we called the hotel to book an extra night.
Saturday Morning we got up and headed to Lake Mary.
The boys baited their hooks and threw out their lines.
(Carsen)
(Derek)
(Jake)
Jake had the first catch, a clam.
Carsen was next to catch a clam, but that is all we caught! After a few hours we packed up our poles and headed out to find another lake. We headed down to Munds Park, in the rain. Anthony and I didn't want to get wet so we napped in the car while the boys got out and fished. They tried for a couple more hours before they gave in and got back in the car. We headed back to the hotel, ordered take out from Oreganos and went in the hot tub.
Sunday morning we checked out of the hotel and started to look for any body of water that might have a fish. We headed down Oak Creek Canyon and into Sedona. All the pullouts were blocked because there had a been a big fire there recently.
We just continued to drive and sight see. We headed in to Cottonwood and started toward Jerome. We decided to take a little side trek to Tuzigoot National Monument. Tuzigoot National Monument preserves a 2- to 3-story pueblo ruin on the summit of a limestone and sandstone ridge just east of Clarkdale, Arizona, 120 feet above the Verde River floodplain.
Crowning a desert hilltop is an ancient pueblo. From a roof top a child scans the desert landscape for the arrival of traders, who are due any day now. What riches will they bring? What stories will they tell? Will all of them return? From the top of the Tuzigoot Pueblo it is easy to imagine such an important moment. Tuzigoot is an ancient village or pueblo built by a culture known as the Sinagua. The pueblo consisted of 110 rooms including second and third story structures. The first buildings were built around A.D. 1000. The Sinagua were agriculturalists with trade connections that spanned hundreds of miles. The people left the area around 1400.
The park ranger told us about a couple places we could try to fish so we headed out to find them.
We found a fish hatchery, but no where to fish on lower Oak Creek. We found another river that was recommended, but it was full of people.
We finally gave up and headed toward home. We had a super fun weekend together and cant wait to explore another part of Arizona soon!
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