Fun day in AZ

Made it to Arizona Wed. the 11th, staying at a so so RV park in Amado AZ. Staying here so I can see some friends, visit the Desert Zoo, try to visit my sisters if I can make contact. The area I am in is not very good for photos so may not get any.  

Today Friday the 13th renting a car, will have to visit a bank to take care of some business, then it is off to see the Zoo. Tonight I will have dinner with an old friend here in Green Valley. 

Rented my car, but first had to wait for the young man to find me. Had to call the office three times, each time I was told he was on the way and that it took at least 20 min to get to me from the office. Funny how it only took ten to get back to the office once he found me. I figure he was sent to the wrong address even if I did tell them how to get to me, the address, and the name of the park. What ever once I got the car the first thing was to find a Wells Fargo bank to first deposit a check ( kay see if you have it ) and to get a money order to pay for my registration on the RV. This is turning into another expensive month. Then to a post office to send the check to SD so it will get done asap. Good thing is I can get mail at this park so should have it before I leave. 

  So now I have a car, what should I do??? Lets visit Mareda Canyon and see what it looks like. drove around for about an hour and noticed that the camp sites for RV/tents are just the right size for my but not the big guys. Only problem is the price of $20 a night, do not think I will be staying they any time soon, shame because it is really nice. Four photos below taken in or around the Canyon.

  Next stop was a place I have driven past hundreds of times when I lived in GV.  

San Xavier del Bac Mission just off the I-19 about 9 miles south of Tucson.  It is a nice mission, but nothing great. It does not compare to the ones I have seen in Mexico but it did have one feature I do not recall seeing before. One of the statues of the saints had the features of a native American.  For more information about the Mission click on the url below.

http://www.sanxaviermission.org/History.html

I think the cross on the hill is because a cemetery is located behind it.

Entrance to the cemetery??

Zoom look at entrance

Mission

Alter section of the mission

Notice the center stature 

Donation center

After my visit to the church/mission I went and had a really good fried bread, OMG was it good!!!! 

On my way back to Green Valley to meet a friend for dinner I had to stop and look at the new Fry’s shopping center. That was a major mistake because all the things I love that I have not been able to find for months where all there.  My favorite hot dogs, Sushi, Greek Stuffed Vine Leaves (Koupepia) , and ground lamb. As the saying goes fest or famine, for now it is fest. 

Last thing I did before returning to the rv was meet Carola for a nice dinner. We spent over an hour just catching each other up on what is going on. Hoping to get together again this Sunday.. 

Did see a cool sunset tonight, turned things red...

Nice sunset