Happy 100th Birthday

Today is Tumacacori National Historical Park's 100th birthday. We went over to the ceremony to eat good tortillas and enjoy the festivities. We also went to take a look at the newly built museum with a new mural on the wall. The mural is about 8 feet high and about 15 feet long and curves around the wall. Very nice. It depicts the jesuit missionary expulsion from Matape, Sonora. No one knew what the church in Matape looked like, or even exactly where Matape was, when the artist was ready to begin the project 3 years ago. So Martin, Steven, Graham and I jumped into the car and went exploring, finding the town of Matape, other historically interesting sites, some new insects, and incredibly bad roads. We photographed the church inside and out and the artist used our photos in his recreation of history. We were introduced this morning as the photographers. I am sure both Steven and Graham remember taking some of the photos, as well as pushing the car in pouring rain and deep mud. I wish they could have been there today to see their handiwork! This is a small version of the mural (above.) Michael, I think would have enjoyed seeing everyone as well--he worked at the park for awhile. (We said hello for you to one and all!)