Benson, AZ High 88 Low 49
Amerind Museum and Art Gallery
Founded in 1937 by William Fulton, the Amerind Foundation is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native American cultures and their histories. The Foundation is located in Texas Canyon in the Little Dragoon Mountains.
They don’t allow any pictures in the museum, but it contains many amazing artifacts of many tribes. We enjoyed our visit.
Holy Trinity Monastery
The Celtic cross is 70 feet high. It was donated to the monastery in 1996. The face of the medal of St. Benedict at the junction of the arms of the Cross make it both Celtic and Benedictine. The relic of the True Cross has been incorporated into the base of the Cross.
The primary work of the monastery centers around offering a place for individuals and groups of people seeking spiritual and physical refreshment.
Beautiful Koi in the pond.
Holy Trinity Monastery lives by the ancient Rules of St. Benedict according to the norms of the Olivetan Benedictines.
It is precisely through a careful and deeply contemplative celebration of the Work of God, that over the centuries the Olivetan monks have been able to make their communities ever greater places of silence, peace, brotherhood and ecumenical sensitivity.
They offer retreats and have an RV park which help to provide the income to maintain the monastery. We were able to join the monks and a few members for a worship service. I am not familiar with the rituals involved but I enjoyed the peacefulness in the Church.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church was dedicated on June 24, 1981.
They have gorgeous peacocks wandering the grounds. I could not convince this guy to show me his tail feathers. It was hot and he just wanted to lay in the shade.
The hens were busy keeping an eye on things around the monastery.
A quiet, peaceful visit to an Oasis in the Desert.
None of these places we have ever heard of. Maybe next time we pay a visit there. Sure looks nice.
ReplyDeleteLooks beautiful, thanks for the great pictures!
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to be a service at Holy Trinity Monastery. I am sure it was an uplifting service full of tradition.
ReplyDeleteThose places are always so peaceful...
ReplyDeleteWhen you saw those Koi in the pond, did you have to restrain Jim?
ReplyDeleteLovely place to visit, loved the peacocks. They remind me of the ones that used to walk around Disney World's Fort Wilderness campground. They did so well and multiplied to so many that they became a nuisance and were removed. Sad.
So it was nice to see some wandering around.
Peacocks are sure beautiful birds. We love it when we see them and finally get a wiggle of their full blown tail feathers.
ReplyDeleteI think the male peacock is exquisite and you got a lovely photo of him.
ReplyDeleteThe peacock is beautiful. We had a lot of them at the wild life refuge.
ReplyDeleteI really like peacocks and at one time wanted to get a pair for our little farm. That is until I heard their "call"/scream! And found that they love it get on top of cars and use them for their potty...
ReplyDeleteI still love them....from a distance.
The peacock probably spread his tail as soon as you walked away :)) He was one beautiful bird but boy they can scare the bejibbers out of you when they yell.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are sure seeing and doing a lot on this little side trip huh.
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