Today was an easy day with sight seeing this morning and goofing off this afternoon. Just down the road and around a bend from the campground are some high rocks with caves in them where the Tarahumara live. They have erected stone walls in front of the cave and have leaned long boards and logs near to the back to make storage areas and bedrooms. Since tour groups bring people here daily, the women have set up shop, selling hand made items such as baskets of all shapes and sizes, woven belts and bags, some clay and wooden pieces and clay bead necklaces. The cave faces east and looks out over fields that they work during the spring and summer. A large tree in the middle of the field holds hay and corn husks for drying and to keep it away from cows and goats.
A short way from there is the Valley of Mushrooms which is rock formations that look like mushrooms. Again there are Tarahumara selling their wares. One formation looks like a frog and another like an elephant. There are always Tarahumara around selling things. We drove a short way out of town to view a man made lake that is actually very pretty.
We are bonding well with the folks in the tour. A four o'clock cocktail hour was lots of fun, lots of laughs. Even in this group I'm considered a saint to put up with John!
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