Towneplace Suites By Marriott Sierra Vista

... red rock surrounded by desert foliage, dipping into the cool, blue waters.

Devin and I then were heading on to Phoniex where we spent a night at Brook's parents house, Amy and Kent. They were very kind to open up their home to us so we could have one last night of luxury before we really went out into the wilderness! We got to have a home cooked meal, wash laundry, take a shower, and lay on the couch with pouches while watching a movie.... Talk about heaven!

Saturday ...

... of experience with guns, both of us were really good shots.

Our next event in Tombstone was to take a mule drawn stage coach ride around the town complete with talk. Andrea sat up front with the driver and I went in the stage coach out of the heat of the midday sun. After a walk round the various streets and looking at the shops it was time to walk back to the car that we had left at the motel. It was so hot that we started the car and ...

... g's told him that he'd find his tombstone rather than silver. So in 1877, he named his first claim the Tombstone. It's 1 of the most renownded mining camps in Arizona. It didn't take long for word to spread about the rich strikes they had and they suceeded in making Tombstone a boomtown. Over the course of 7 years the mines produced millions of dollars in silver and gold before rising underground waters forced suspension of operations. Days of lawlessness and ...

... little place, nestled in the middle of Mule Mountains. I was delighted with finding 'The Old Bisbee Roasters' who will send us freshly roasted coffee within one day, next time we settled in Casa Grande. We met Seth, who will become our 'personal coffee roaster'. See his website: http://www.oldbisbeeroasters.com/

Whilst staying at Benson, we decided to visit Tombstone which, if you are up on Westerns, you will know is the place where the fight at the OK Corral took place. This is the sort of thing that the Americans know how to do so well! We visited a re-enactment of the fight itself, throughout which Steven behaved appallingly and we were unable to get out because we were right at the back, otherwise it would have been very interesting and ...

... of their vision of the Jesuit's messages. Another of Dix's favorites was the Toy RR museum. Very far off the beaten path it took us an hour of driving in circles before we finally found it - only to find it was closed. Lucky for us there were some guys there working on the displays and they let us in for an unofficial look. A dozen fully dressed displays of several sizes of toy trains, may displays ...

We toured Tombstone, heard multiple shots but got away unscathed. It's probably as close as we can get to a typical 1880 American western town. Lots of shops, cowboys wandering around, occasional shootings, etc... Upon leaving ...

All right, this is the stuff of childhood fantasies. Parked on a sidestreet in the middle of everything and hopped on the trolley tour to have a survey of what to explore. Saw Boot Hill, but stayed on the tour, will leave that for the ride out of town tomorrow. After the tour I moseyed over to OK Corral to see about tickets for the show. The 2 pm was still ...

... nothing but a pile of ashes, but the residents of Bisbee quickly began reconstruction and by 1910, most of the district had been rebuilt and remains completely intact today. Bisbee was a thriving community until the large scale mining operations became unprofitable in the mid 1970īs. As mining employees left to go elsewhere, many artistic free spirits found Bisbee an ideal, attractive, and inexpensive location to settle and ...

... left Mike with less than a foot between his nose and the seat in front of him. There was also an older man sitting five seat away from us that sounded like he was hacking up a lung. Great. The in-house movie system wasn't working until almost half-way through the flight. We were served one meal, with the option of chicken or fish. Both of us chose chicken since Mike is allergic to fish. Even though we had been told that Malaysian Air was trying to ...