Tucson Day #3

Sunday Griffin had one final game early in the morning. Patrick & I took him while everyone else slept.  They lost this game, which meant they would not be going to the playoffs. 

After we got back, everyone was up. Savannah was with her cousin Shelby &  Uncle Mike selling Girl Scout cookies.  She really enjoyed it!   She quickly found her favorite cookie.

After they were back we decided to head to the old mission here in Tucson.  It's called San Xavier mission.  It is a beautiful white mission right in the middle of open dessert. It was built in the 1700's

The first thing we did was get some fresh made Indian fry bread (the mission was located on a reservation).  The fry bread did not disappoint.  So delicious.

 

After we were done eating, we hiked up a small hill where there is a shrine.

 People leave all sort of different things at the site.

 

After that, it was time to tour the actual mission.  It was so beautiful.  Hard to believe it is so old, and so well preserved.

 

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I'm so glad they took us here.  We really enjoyed the history, and the beauty.
After we were done looking around we parted ways. My sister, her husband, and my nephew Cooper went back to their house to relax.  The rest of us went to check out Saguaro National park.  The kids and I had gone to another part of the park years ago, but I really wanted Patrick to see.  This time we went to the West side.
I love nature.  I love that you can find beauty everywhere in nature.  It doesn't  matter where you are really.  Mountains, ocean, or the dessert.   The cactus were really beautiful. I took a lot of pictures of them too.  I need to fix some of them so they are not sideways.  They say that often people think these Saguaro's look like people.  I agree with that.  We kept saying is looks like that guy is.....

 

Again, so much fun, and so much beauty.  We all met up again for dinner.  This might have been Patrick's favorite restaurant.

 

It was a chicken and waffle place.  And Patrick was in heaven.  It may have been the bacon they cooked into his waffles for him.

 

 After dinner we went to another BOOKMANS per the boys request.  They really did love that store.  After that we headed to old town Tucson for some ice cream.  I have never been to such a fancy ice cream place before.  It was dimly lit, candles on the tables, fancy décor, and fancy ice cream.  Some of the flavors were. brown butter pecan, lemon basil, honey ginger.  It was delish, but I felt a little out of place.

 

 

After our ice cream, we checked out the old Hotel Congress, then called it a night.

 

What a busy day it was, but it was really fun!

 

 

 

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