Friday 31st October First up this morning we headed to Mission San Xavier del Bac which is located on an Indian reservation in Tucson. The Indians call it "White Dove of the Desert". It was built in 1783. The paints on the inside walls have recently been restored and they have now started on the outside. This mission also has some lovely cactus gardens.
After some "Fry Bread" cooked by the Indians just outside the mission we are back in the car and heading to the De Grazia Gallery. What an interesting place! I love his paintings and I thoroughly enjoyed the gallery and gardens - unfortunately the camera battery died - but wait, Mary Lou to the rescue, she handed over her camera.
On the way back to Mesa, Phoenix we visited Biosphere 2 which was a world self sufficiency science project in the 80's and 90's. It was not totally successful but they learnt many things about sustainability. There was a lot of information about recycling etc but we have not seen very much of that happening here in USA.
Back to Mesa tonight.
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