Wednesday, Feburary 26 to Thursday, February 27, 2014
After leaving Patagonia State Park, we made our way to the historic town of Tombstone, where we had to take in the must see OK Corral's big gun fight and walk the town that 'is too tough to die'. Very touristy but you have to see it once. Finished our day at the Queen Mine RV Park in Bisbee, which is a very unique, artsy, old hippie, and eclectic town built into the hills.
(Finally updating the info for this post at Chisos Basin in Big Bend National Park from the lodge)
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| Miles and miles of open desert |
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| Tombstone is known ad the 'town too tough to die'. |
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| Out on good behaviour |
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| The town is best known for the O.K. Corral gunfight |
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| Geronimo was the last Apache to surrender |
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| Reenactment of the big gunfight with the Earp brothers |
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| Guns were blazing |
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| Grace and the Earp brothes |
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| Chow time |
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| It was all about the gunfight and history of the old west |
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| Had a great meal that was served by gun toting waiters and buxom saloon girls |
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| Yeah, I know... |
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| ...but we just had to |
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| Checking to see if they had a job opening for a photographyer |
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| I remember this very very well |
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| They offered 1881 copies of the actual gunfight reports. |
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| A contrast in time! |
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| Just your typical street scene |
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| Don't mess with me |
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| Our stop for the night in Bisbee, AZ. |
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| The town was set into the hills |
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| Another great spot with a view... |
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| ...and looking the other way from the park |
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| A colourfull evening market |
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| A fun place just to 'happen upon' and see some of the local characters |
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| Kind of out there! |
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| Wouldn't you be proud to drive this? |
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| Talk about high rises! |
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| Blossoms starting to pop out |
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| Wouldn't want to live with this pile of rocks hanging over me |
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| Downtown Bisbee had many upscale art studios |
Thursday, February 27, 2014
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| Time for the noon mine tour |
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| Model of an old mine |
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| Ready to ride the train deep into the mine |
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| A natural miner |
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| Excellent information from the tour guide who actually worked the mine while it was operating. It closed in 1975. |
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| Cooper and other mineral can still be seen |
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| Learned about the drilling operations |
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| Hang on! |
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| One of several stops |
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| What's left after the mine close years ago |
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