Grand Canyon - Havasu Falls 19-20 March 2007

Before the occultation, I made a quick stop at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, which I had seen on a previous occasion. After observing the Pluto occultation I went to see Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon. On the way there, I made a stop to see Montezumas Castle - a five story dwelling byuilt by the Sinagua early in the 12th century, and Montezuma Well - a limestone sinkhole ithat is fed by a spring year round creating a lake in the middle of the Arizona desert . The Sinagua built irrigation canals from this lake to water their crops.

Next on the itinerary was Lowell Observatory where Clyde Tombough discovered the planet Pluto. Finally, there was a drive along historic Route 66, before turning north toward the rim of the canyon, from which it is a ten mile hike to the water falls.

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	Seguaro	Montezuma Castlein Tuzigoot National Monument	Descriptive plaque