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Patagonia has one or two coffee places.
Sgt Pecker's sign is neat, but it doesn't look very inviting. |
Patagonia, Arizona, is very small and full of entertaining street art -- much more than I've presented here. Its most famous attraction is the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, which I have already written about. Another birding site is Patagonia Lake, where we spent several hours this morning, and there are several other birding hotspots. It's only around 20 miles to the large city of Nogales, AZ, but the town seems incredibly remote.
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The one small food market has this very intriguing sign with a poem and a large image.
The market is small, but we did buy a carton of ice cream there. |
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At the one and only gas station the very old pumps offer gas for $5.10/gallon.
I wonder what the sign means. The station is open from 8 AM to 4 PM.
We chose to fill up down in the valley where gas was only $4.49. |
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| The door of the gas station. |
Boxes for a local paper, the Patagonia Regional Times, are very colorfully decorated, but no copies of the news seem to be available in them. You could read the current issue online, though.
Patagonia has at least two Little Free Libraries -- within around a block of each other. They too are elaborately decorated!
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| The side of the art center has mosaic tile, and hand made tiles on the window sills as well. |
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One of the restaurants in town has a decorated
menu-display box. |
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We had a nice salad at Gathering Grounds Espresso Bar, Deli & Ice Cream.
The salad was good, but they didn’t have any ice cream at all.
That’s why we bought ice cream at the little market. |
Patagonia is a very relaxing place and we are enjoying our time here. Blog post © 2022 mae sander.
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| At Patagonia Lake … water sports and water birds. |
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| A Cinnamon Teal at the lake. |
How much is gas per gallon where you live? Sounds like the town is dying a slow death.
ReplyDeleteQuite a post, Daisy Mae...
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI like the street art! Daisy Mae is cute! The gas price is a rip off, we paid 3.99 on the last purchase. Cinnamon teals are so pretty, great sighting.
Take care, enjoy your day and the new week ahead.
Go to love the street art, I make it a habit of taking pics whenever I drive for rideshare. Maybe you'll turn those pics into a book on Amazon.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love this post. Have a great day today.
ReplyDeleteVery nice pictorial tour!
ReplyDeleteThe gas station name sounds like it must have an interesting history lol The local paper boxes are certainly well-decorated. That's such a fun way to add some interest to places. Street art is always welcome :)
ReplyDeleteWow my husband & I have been to Patagonia ... we went on a bike trip through there in 2016 ... and stayed overnight in the city park (all the cyclists were in tents!). You have captured it very nicely. Small & a bit out there! We also spent time in Tombstone and Bisbee on our trip. Enjoy your days.
ReplyDeleteEven in very remote parts of the world you can find very nice murals. Great work.
ReplyDeleteThese are such fun additions to the Patagonia look! Especially that first but I love how so much is covered and so well.
ReplyDeleteMy kind of road trip.
ReplyDeleteI like the newspaperboxes
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet mural. I also loved the little free library that was so colorful.
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