Day 5

Alamos

Visiting the church in La Aduana

Today was not a travel day so we slept in.  Since we are preparing for the train trip to the Copper Canyon we needed to get laundry done and that service was available to us at the Dolisa Hotel at a very reasonable price.

Crafting with clay

Our guide Emiliano

Historic Alamos

A walking tour was scheduled at noon and our guide Emiliano met us at the RV park and gave us an introduction to Alamos.  The town area has a population of about 13,000 and is very historic.  We car pooled a short distance to the downtown area and then did a fantastic walking tour seeing churches, museums and having the building architecture described. We stepped into the courtyard of an old hacienda for a demonstration of working clay to form beautiful pots and pitchers.

After the walking tour Susie and I did a walking tour of our own visiting the shops and hardware stores and visiting with the local people.

Old church

"Miracle cactus" grows from stone

There was a dinner scheduled later in the afternoon so we drove a few miles to Casa La Aduana in an area where you certainly wouldn’t expect to find a restaurant of this quality.  The majority of the people ordered beef tenderloin and it was a terrific meal.  We had margaritas for our drink choice. The owner of the restaurant is an American but has been in the community for sixteen years.  He employs a number of people in the community giving them a decent living.

Susie & Mike