THE PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
On Monday, we decided to give ourselves the day off for two reasons. One, we're retired and can do just about anything we want to do, and, two, we wanted the day off! So we sat around the house and relaxed. Part of that was checking out one of our two hot tubs! It was a great day and we were able to do some things we wanted to do.
On Tuesday, we headed across town to visit the San Xavier Mission, founded in 1692. The current church began in 1783 and was completed in 1797, when it was part of New Spain. In 1821 it became the property of Mexico. In 1854, became the property of the United States. So this place was very old!
Worship services are still held in the old sanctuary. It is a beautiful feat of architecture, reminiscent of the cathedrals of Europe, without all of the money. The Elementary School next door still teaches K - 8. Debby wanted to go into the school and check it out. I was afraid I would never get her out of there if she went in. WHEW! Dodged that bullet!
From San Xavier Mission we drove out to the Pima Air and Space Museum. We spent a few hours looking around at the myriad of aircraft on display in several hangars. We also took a bus tour out to the airplane "bone yard" for a view of hundreds of aircraft. We were not allowed to get off the bus while on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base due to security, but it was great to stay on the bus for a tour.
It was dusk when we arrived back in our condo. The sun was going down and we watched the evening sky turn colors from our west side hot tub. It was beautiful! Debby had put a 2-lb beef roast in the crock pot and it had cooked all day. It was a fitting end to our awesome day!
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