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Sonoita Country 2 comments
Rolling countryside
Picturesque highways
A birders haven
Traveled in years past
The Village of Elgin, Wine, Beer and Whiskey Leave a comment
The Village of Elgin Wine Tasting Room — Images by kenne
Late morning
Driving scenic
HWY 83
To southern
Arizona
Wine country
Fast adding
Craft beer
And whiskey
In Elgin,
Population 180.
Not our first time
Driving down
From Tucson
To to sample
The award
Winning
Wine,
Beer and
Spirits
While enjoying
The rolling slopes
Of the high desert
At the base of the
Santa Rita and
Empire Mountains.
— kenne
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Southeast Arizona Wine Country 5 comments
View from the Kief-Joshua Vineyards Located in Elgin, Arizona — Image by kenne
High desert climate
Hot, dry days and cool dry nights
On windblown prairies.
— kenne
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Cowboy Silhouette 4 comments
Cowboy Silhouette — Image by kenne
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Sonoita, Arizona — Cowboy, Poet And Wine Country Leave a comment
Sonoita, Arizona Wine Country — Images by kenne
Faster Horses (Cowboy And The Poet) — Tom T. Hall
He was an old time cowboy don’t you understand
His eyes were sharp as razor blades his face was leather tanned
His toes were pointed inward from a hangin’ on a horse
He was an old philosopher of course
He was so thin I swear you could have used him for a whip
He had to drink a beer to keep his breeches on his hips
I knew I had to ask him about the mysteries of life
He spat between his boots and he replied
It’s faster horses younger women older whiskey more money
He smiled and all his teeth were covered with tobacco stains
He said it don’t do men no good to pray for peace and rain
Peace and rain is just a way to say prosperity
And buffalo chips is all that means to me
I told him I was a poet I was lookin’ for the truth
I do not care for horses whiskey women or the loot
I said I was a writer my soul was all on fire
He looked at me and he said you are a liar
Son it’s faster horses younger women older whiskey more money
Well I was disillusioned if I say the least
I grabbed him by the collar and I jerked him to his feet
There was somethin’ cold and shiny laying by my head
So I started to believe the things he said
Well my poet days’re over and I’m back to bein’ me
As I enjoy the peace and comfort of reality
If my boy ever asks me what it is that I have learned I think that I will readily affirm
Son it’s faster horses younger women older whiskey more money
Faster horses younger women older whiskey more money
Faster horses younger women older whiskey more money
It’s faster horses younger women older whiskey more money
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Mission San José de Tumacácori 6 comments
Ruins of the Franciscan church at Mission San José de Tumacácori — Images by kenne
Last Wednesday we went to Nogales, Sonora and Patagonia and Sonoita in southern Arizona. Along the way, we visited the Mission San José de Tumacácori. Father Eusebio Francisco Kino established the mission in January, 1692. Originally called San Cayetano de Tumacácori, the mission was established at an existing native O’odham or Sobaipuri settlement on the east side of the river. After the Pima rebellion of 1751, the mission was moved to the present site on the west side of the Santa Cruz river and renamed San José de Tumacácori. Preservation and stabilization efforts began in 1908 when the area was declared a National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt and continue today.
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