Montezuma's Castle, AZ

This was cited as a good site to visit in the AAA book. We were expecting a real castle, but it turned out to be a bunch of mud huts. Quite disappointing. It is halfway between Williams and Phoenix. The temperature was in the 100's. The last time Sandhya and I encountered such heat was back in Lucknow. It literally saps your strength.

But if you are an archeologist, this is the place for you.

Interestingly, the site documentation states that the Indians (the american type, not the hindu type) suddenly abandoned this site for an unknown reason. Does one need to be an archeologist to find this out? Duh! Who would want to live in a hole in the wall under sweltering conditions? More power to the Indians who quit; I'd say they were smart to do so!