MISSION SAN XAVIER DEL BAC was founded in 1692 by a Jesuit missionary, Father Eusebio Francisco Kino. It was then that he became the first non-Indian to visit the village of Wa:k, or “Bac,” as he wrote it, and it was he who bestowed the patronage of San Francisco Xavier on this large village of O’odham or, as he called the natives, “Sobaipuris.”
The mission is a constant state of restoration to preserve it. It was a beautiful structure and the artwork and statues are incedible.
From there, at Kent's suggestion, we visited 4th Avenue in downtown Tucson. This was a trip back to the hippie culture of the 1960's in San Francisco (and maybe today for all I know). It seemed that the "dress of the day" for the kids there is black. Some interesting shops, but we had a sense that we were in a drug culture.
We had a great lunch at a Mexican Restaurant, came out to the RV for drinks, the supper at Five Guys. The hamburgers are as good here as they are in NC.
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