We love State Park Campgrounds! Dead Horse Ranch State Park is located in Cottonwood, Arizona(about 7 miles from Sedona). We arrived at our campsite late afternoon, so the kids and I went for a bike ride to scout out the park.
The next day we went to Montezuma Castle National Monument. Montezuma Castle is a well preserved cliff dwelling of the Sinagua people. It is one of the best preserved cliff dwellings in the USA. It was built somewhere between 1100 AD to 1400AD. We attended a Ranger program that told us more about the history of the Sinagua and our kids completed their Jr. Ranger books about Montezuma.
Then we headed to Sedona, AZ to see the red rocks and visit Red Rock State Park. We attended another Ranger Progam and learned alot about the plants, trees, rocks in the area and did a short hike.
Our last day, kids and I headed to Tuzigoot National Monument. Tuzigoot preserves a 2-3 story pueblo ruin built on a summit above the Verde River floodplain. This was also built by the Sinagua people sometime between 1100AD to 1400AD.
In the afternoon, Scott took the kids fishing at the lake in our campground while I went grocery shopping and used book shopping at Goodwill. I cannot believe the great books I can find there for hardly anything! Unfortunately, no luck catching fish that day, but it was a beautiful day to be outside.
