March 17, Downtown Tucson on St. Patrick's Day

Packed up and moved to another park this morning, only 30 KM away. It is sunny and 24C (75.2F)
After lunch, we drove in to Tucson to the Visitor's Centre. Decided to take the walking tour on the Precidio Trail, which followed a turquoise line on the streets.

This was a beautiful mural on a wall.

We came across a St Patricks Day Celebration in  the town square. There was green everywhere, and an Irish band playing! It was quite the party!






Further along the trail, we entered the Precidio, which was a Spanish Fortress built in the 1700's. We discovered a fascinating reconstruction of the adobe-walled fort of the Spanish & Mexican eras.

We were just in time to witness the firing of the cannon







Orders were given (including "cover your ears"), then KA-BOOM!

Next on the trail, we visited Locomotive 1673, which was built in 1900 and logged over 1,000,000 miles for the Southern Pacific Company, primarily in southern Arizona.






On the way back to the car, we encountered a bike race, which has closed some streets. What is it with us & bike races (remember Colorado)???

Anyway, we made it back to the park, without a problem.