Water and Ruins

We visited two nearby ruins called Montezuma’s Castle and Montezuma’s Well.  Neither places are related to Montezuma, it was just a mix up by people visiting later.  The first is a rather neat looking cliff dwelling.  You can’t go into it, but just look at it from below.

The Well had a few cliff dwellings but the interesting part is the water.  There is 1.5 million gallons per day coming from the springs that flow into this sinkhole.  The water came through limestone, which changes the water chemistry so only certain plants and creatures can thrive.  The Sinagua sent the water into an irrigation canal to water their crops.

This was weird graffiti on the wall.  Is it really an advertisement from 1818?

Tomorrow I travel on a business trip so will not be posting for awhile.