TOMBSTONE & BISBEE

OUR ROADTRIP TOOK US INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA. IN FACT BISBEE IS ONLY A FEW MILES FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER.

TOMBSTONE

WHILE IN TOMBSTONE WE SAW THE MOVIE, WENT TO THE GUNFIGHT AT THE “OK CORRAL”, HIT THE GIFT SHOPS, BOUGHT THE T-SHIRT, WALKED THE STREETS, AND OF COURSE GOT DRUNK WITH THE COWBOYS AT BIG NOSE KATE’S.

ROSE TREE

THIS SINGLE ROSE BUSH WAS PLANTED IN 1864 AND NOW STANDS AS THE WORLD’S LARGEST ROSE TREE. IT BLOOMS IN APRIL, AND THE WHITE ROSE PETALS ARE LIKE SNOW ON THE GROUND.

BIG NOSE KATE’S SALOON

WE SPENT SOME TIME IN ALL THE SALOONS INCLUDING DOC HOLIDAY’S AND THE CRYSTAL PALACE, BUT BIG NOSE KATE’S WAS OUR FAVORITE.

MEN’S ROOM

BISBEE

BISBEE IS HOME TO THE QUEEN COPPER MINE AND A HUGH OPEN PIT.

THE OLD TOWN IS BUILT ALONG THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND UP A DRY GULCH, THAT BACK IN THE DAY WAS THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT. THE OLD BUILDINGS TODAY ARE MOSTLY ARTSY FARTSY AND ANTIQUES, RUN BY HIPPIES LEFT OVER FROM THE 60’S. MARY AND I ENJOYED THE COWBOYS OVER THE HIPPIES, AND SO WE DIDN’T REALLY LIKE BISBEE AND DIDN’T TAKE AS MANY PICTURES.

TEXAS CANYON

IF YOU’VE TRAVELED INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH ARIZONA YOU’VE DRIVEN BY TEXAS CANYON. IT’S A REST AREA JUST EAST OF BENSON WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE GOD JUST DUMPED A LOAD OF BIG BOLDERS FOR THE RATTLESNAKES.

  “SUNNY & 108”