Day Four

After a hearty breakfast we all headed by bus to Paquime, a small ruin just a few miles away. What is currently left is a little underwhelming, but they have determined that at one time there were four story "apartments" made of simple adobe. The Paquime people also had special buildings to raise macaws, not for eating but rather for their feathers. Here are two pictures of the ruins, one with a cat in the window.

We then headed back to the hotel for lunch and a long bus ride to Chihuahua, the capital of the state of Chihuahua, the largest state in Mexico. Along the way we saw pecan and fruit orchards give way to creosote bushes.We arrived in Chihuahua and went for an hour walk close by. It is much warmer here than in Casas Grandes and quite pleasant outside without a jacket. Below is the view from my hotel room overlooking the cathedral.Tomorrow we will get to see the inside of the cathedral and some of the other historic buildings of Benito Juarez and Pancho Villa.