Tumacácori National Historical Park is south of Tucson and just north of the Mexican border. Like the Mission San Xavier del Bac, Father Kino founded this mission, too, one of more than 20 in the region:
Tag Archives: Missions
Walking with the Dead Near the Mexican Border
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Arizona, Cemeteries, National Parks
The Good Father
I’m not a religious person. At all. But there’s something about churches I love. The stillness, the sense of history and reverence – it settles me down in an instant, like nothing else. (Well, except Valium. Where did I put that bottle?)