Copper Canyon

1. Our former house in Tucson

3. San Xavier del Bac – A Father Keno Mission

4. Crossing the border at Nogales

6. Church of the Asuncion in Santa Ana

8. Church of the Asuncion - Hermosillo

10. Harbor at the Marinaterra Hotel

11. Our room at the Marinaterra

12. Sergio (tour guide) serenading us at dinner

13. View from our window

15. Pelicans out on the Sea of Cortez

16. Getting ready to explore the Sea of Cortez

17. American Oystercatcher

18. Blue Heron

19. American Oystercatcher

21. Shrimp fishing on the Sea of Cortez

23. Jackie & Tom Lane

26. Hotel Tesoros in Alamos

27. Walking through the courtyard to our room

28. Our room at Los Tesoros

30. Our room

32. Young singers and dancers entertaining us

35. Chimneys on the colonial haciendas in Alamos

36. Colonial architecture in Alamos

38. Off to school

39. Tom & Stan waiting for Jackie & me

43. Our room at the El Fuerte Hotel

44. Church in El Fuerte

45. Shirley in one of the haciendas we visited

47. Open market in El Fuerte

48. Open market in El Fuerte

50. Colorful buildings around the Plaza

51. Ballet Folklorico

55. Waiting at the El Fuerte train station with the pinata we took to the Primera Hermanos Galena school in Areponapuchi

56. El Fuerte train station waiting for the train. Pictured is the pinata we took to the Primaria Hermanos Galeana school in Areponapuchi

57. CHEPE – Ferrocarille Chihuahua al Pacifico

66. One of the stops along the way

67. Our first glimpse of a Tarahumara indian girl – selling baskets at the train stop

68. Our hotel – Mansion del Castillo

71. Ulrique Canyon

72. Visiting the school. The kids sang the Mexican National anthem for us

73. Lining up for a chance at the pinata

75. Mexican and Tarahumara kids go to school together – it’s not hard to tell them apart

79. Sergio introducing us to Conchita – a healer

80. Balancing rock

83. Visiting the oldest hotel in Areponapuch Visiting one of the older hotels in Areponapuchi

84. Barbecue lunch around the reservoir

85. Stan and I walked around the reservoir… bad idea…

87. Grocery store in Creel

89. Typical scene around train tracks

90. Church in Agua Prieta

92. Hotel in Casas Grandes

95. At Mata Ortis, learning how they make their world famous pottery

99. Takes about 40minutes to fire Takes about 40 minutes to fire

101. We had an auction for the 3 pieces We had an auction for the 3 finished pieces

102. Political posters all over

103. Paquime archaeological site

106. At the museum gift shop – we bought the black pot with the red and green In the museum gift shop. I bought the black pot with the green and red paiint

107. At the Menonite cheese factory / store

108. Fence along the border