Monday, March 3rd, we drove from Tucson to Casa Grande to meet our friends, John and Guelda Messina for lunch at Ochoas Mexican Restaurant.
A real find of a restaurant - good food, good services, very reasonable and nice surroundings - what more could you want? Would recommend to anyone in the area.
Then off to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It was very interesting. The Hohokam people lived there around the 1300s and built elaborate navigation systems from the Gila River to their villages. The large building in the photo was used for observing the sun's movements throughout the year and also it is believed for important social/religious events. No one knows for sure but these are the best guesses by archeologists.
It is believed that after as many as 20 years of drought that the people just left - Hohokam means the people who disappeared.
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