Sunday morning, November 8, we head south 22 miles to Camp Verde. That’s the home of “Little House Customs, Arizona”. (“Little House” for “Casita”.) I made an appointment with Konrad about a month ago to have some work done on Wandering Spirit…two days worth of work, actually.
Today we meet him and his lovely wife Lynn, and their little 15 year old dog, Sparky.
We are going to have shocks put on (Casita travel trailers don’t come with them), new bearings and a break check, a double step at the door, water heater maintenance, a new tinted window that opens put into the door, and a tv mount on the celling. Nothing real glamorous, but all things I’ve felt a need for over time.
On Sunday Joy, Shiloh and I hang out with Lynn and Konrad while he works. Lynn is doing a marathon NCIS with Net Flicks and I LOVE NCIS, so I help her watch. 🙂
On Monday we leave WS in Konrad’s capable hands and go visit Montezuma Castle. I was here 20-some years ago and remember being highly impressed with the remains of this Native American dwelling built a thousand or so years ago, 5 stories high, into the side of a cliff.
From a distance…
Montezuma was never here.
Closer…
I just find this amazing. it stayed so well preserved because the cliff overhang protected it from weather.
Next we go down the road apiece to Montezuma’s Well. (He was never here either.)
Huge amounts of water bubble up daily from two vents at the bottom of this limestone sinkhole. Even in times of drought, the amount of water here stays the same, and it always remains at the same temperature, about 74 degrees F.
Built into the walls of the well are the remains of what is thought to be storage areas. Can you see them above the yellow tree?
This lifestyle would certainly keep on agile, wouldn’t you say?
Tuesday morning we take off and we are headed for…Surprise!
Yes, Surprise, Arizona, not far from Phoenix. I’ll keep the reason we are going to Surprise, a surprise, for next time I post. 🙂
Wandering Spirit 
can’t wait for the surprise!
hugs
L
Hugs back atcha Laura. Hope you are feeling better.
Very cool pics, Micky! Mind-boggling to imagine the Hopi building that.
I’m on the edge of my seat… love ~ Marian
Hi Marian,
They took logs up there too, and set them in place with the mixture that we would call ‘cement’. They were not doddlers, that’s for sure.
Thank you for the phone call…it was good talking to you.
How did your modifications turn out?
I’m liking them Patty! That double step is already easing my achy hip joints…or wait…is it the warmer weather here near Phoenix? Not sure, but something is making me feel better. I like having a permanent place for the TV. I’ve only watched it once, but maybe I’ll watch it more often now that it’s easier. ( More often than once in 15 months😀)
I like my new door window too…especially now that I’ve had the rest of the windows tinted and it matches. They wouldn’t have tinted the window that was in the door before because the glass was that bumpy privacy glass. I couldn’t see out of it either, and I didn’t like that. The shocks will save wear and tear on WS…gives her a softer ride.
Great!!