The good guys.
We headed from Benson to the Picaso Peak State Park, North of Tucson. They were re-enacting some Civil War Battles in the park that had occurred in Arizona, the Western front, between the Texans and the Federal soldiers. They had a large crowd there for viewing. We coordinated with Steve, Mimi and their boys from Rye, NH. to stay in the campground and see the battles.
The Cavalry!
The next day we decided to visit the Casa Grande National Monument. These ruins are fascinating creation of the Hohokam people that lived in the Arizona desert over 1,000 years ago. These people farmed along the Gila river building an extensive series of irrigation canals. The structure that remains is over four stories high and 60 feet long. The Hohokam people were living in Arizona well before 1100 AD., the Casa Grande was believed to have been completed in 1350 AD.
The Casa Grande had windows built to view the sun during the solstices.
The kids became Jr. Rangers again!
This large structure was part of a huge community of individual dwellings that surrounded the area.
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