On tuesday morning we left Las Cruces, and in the course of the almost 300 mi. we drove westward, weather got unexpectedly horrible: pouring rain and temps down to about 40 deg. F - in Arizona! Nevertheless, we stopped by at Willcox/AZ - a western town with the Rex Allen Museum (a country singer and movie star) - and at the Amerind Museum, one of the largest private collections of native american art in the former ranch house of William S. Fulton, an archeologist and ethnologist.
Arrived to Tucson in the afternoon - in the meantime sun was out a little - and checked into our hotel, the "Lodge on the Desert" in midtown Tucson. This historic hotel complex from the 1930ies was transformed into a 100-room-boutique hotel with hacienda-style bungalows on nicely manicured grounds, with pool, restaurant (with a great Happy Hour!), cactus garden and nice, large rooms with a fireplace. We were so glad, that we were able to stay here for a full three nights! Main reason for our visit this time (the forth visitin total) was La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, more on that later.
Still explored downtown Tucson's downtown in the evening, also, the "fancy" 4th Street area (see pic), with lots of bars, vintage stores – a little "weird" – and the Mission District (an up & coming neighborhood) with the new Mercado San Agustin, before we retired for work in the hotel room.
We started wednesday morning – still cool, but blue skies – with a walk in the Main Gate Square area (the neighborhood around the University of Arizona) and visited the AZ State Museum then. They have the world largest pottery and basketery collection of Southwestern Indians - a fantastic place for archeologists to study – wished, we would have had the chance to do so! In the afternoon we explored Tucson's neighborhoods with a friend of us and looked at some real estate as well. Tucson would be the place, we would love to live during our horrible german winter months (despite of the low temps and the rain here yesterday!).
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