Traveling down the road with BIW, we stopped at the oldest established National Monument, Casa Grande. Rediscovered by the Spaniards in the 1500's, and then again when the stagecoach started heading out West, Casa Grande is a four story pueblo surrounded by lower village buildings, 17,000 acres of cultivated and irrigated farmlands, and boasted a population over 2,500, 750 years ago.
We followed an excellent docent lead tour and were amazed that after all this time, the pueblo remains. The NM museum and film did an excellent job of portraying life of these ancient native Americans, and displayed a number of intricately decorated jugs and baskets.
Another half hour back in our motorhome, where we arrived at Picacho Peak for a couple of nights camping in the Saguaro filled dessert. We were not prepared with heavy gloves to climb to the top of the peak which is reached by pulling yourself along a steel cable, but we did have a nice hike toward the summit. It's nice here for a couple of days before reaching the Tucson area.
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