Patagonia and Tumacacori



Patagonia Lake State Park has a bridge so one can sail also.



The lake is a dammed river but this lake has trees and actually fits the scene

Tumacacori is a mission established by Father Kino in the 1500's

We traveled south of Tucson to Patagonia State Park, 14 miles from the Mexican Border.  It is a dammed stream becoming a pretty lake with prime birding.  I saw 4 vermillion flycatchers, including a pair. They are sooooo beautiful, males being brighter red than cardinals on their underside and head and they are very small birds.  The males red & black.  There were so many birds the calls were almost deafening in the mornings. Of course they would not stay still for their pictures so no bird pictures but we took a boat tour birdwatching and saw lots of waterfowl.  The night program was on the geology of western National Parks, all of which we had seen, so it was interesting to us.  There was a birding tour with a ranger Monday morning and a very special bird, the Elegent Trogan, was spotted by someone in the park but sadly not by us.  After 3 days we traveled back north stopping at Tumacacori National Monument below Tubac.  We joined the ranger tour so it was a great time at the monument and a good travel day.  We are back outside Tuscon at the Casino del Sol parking lot.  The state park we called yesterday was booked.  It is school break here and everything is  full.  We had to move in Patagonia for almost everything was full there. We are going to Lazydays for their 3 days special for the weekend so here we sit waiting for word of our car. I am now wanting to hear when the car will be ready.