Presidio in Tuscon-February 9, 2013

The full name is Presidio San Agustin del Tucson. I believe a presidio is like a fort, a walled city so to speak. This one was wonderful to see. They had taken one corner of it and turned it into shops that were actually in one building. We just roamed from room to room. There was so much stuff it was overwhelming. Then we started walking down another street and there was an explosion that shook the ground. Jerry said it was a cannon. It was not, it was a musket. My, it was so loud. I saw a guy in an old military uniform of some sort. I crossed the street and asked him if he had caused that noise? He said yes and they were going to shoot off a cannon if we would just walk around the corner and climb the stairs we could see it. So, we did.

Here they are preparing to load the ammo and fire the cannon. Right after this, they warned everybody to cover their ears. I wanted to take a picture so I only covered one ear.

 

The noise was so loud I jumped and this is the resulting picture. Even one of the soldiers turned

his back on the noise. They all had earplugs in their ears. We did not.

 

This was all in a walled courtyard and there were people dressed in pioneer type clothing making horseshoes, flatbread and other interesting things. Then we walked to a building that was built later as part of the Presidio, but was actually the county and city offices. Now it is almost empty but has been kept in great shape. It is a beautiful building and it is PINK!

 

 

 

The top is made of what looks like 3 or 4 inch ceramic tiles in bright colors.

 

 

Once again there was the usual landscaping, rocks and cacti. You can only do so much with

that combination. But the pink building does make it look nicer.

 

This was followed by a late lunch at Sir Veza's. It was built like an old garage and they served fabulous Mexican food. The napkins were those cloth mechanics towels. They are usually red. These were blue but still the same thing. The front door had a huge chrome wrench for a handle. The menu items all had mechanics names. Very clever. Yummy, too. If this were a franchise operation I would say it would be the investment.