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Tombstone and Bisbee, AZ

Published: December 28th 2008North America » United States » Arizona » Tombstone
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December 28th 2008

Hello from southeast Arizona. It is cold here still. It will be down in the teens tonight. Anyway, we got up and drove to Bisbee first. It is a neat historical town that started as a mining camp. Pretty high elevation of about 5200 feet. Kind of a hippy town with alot of coffee and antique shops. From there we went back north to Tombstone, also one that started as a mining camp but of course most famous for the gunfight that occurred on October 26th, 1881 between the Earp's and four of the "cowboys" who lost. It is also a tourist trap but fun. We saw a re-enactment of the gunfight which they do daily. We also saw the actual site of the fight which was in a space the size of a 2 ... read more



Nevada and Arizona

Published: December 26th 2008North America » United States » Nevada » Las Vegas
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December 25th 2008

Since we didn't decide to do a travel blog until a few weeks into the trip, these first stops and pictures are a tad sketchy and leave a bit to be desired. We will do better as we go along we promise. We left Laguna Del Sol the day before Thanksgiving 2008. We went to GE but only for a couple weeks. The price of fuel coming down so much was the main impetus for travel rather than sitting the winter at GE. We of course miss everyone at GE but this is fun and cheaper to do now. The first stop was beautiful Pahrump NV. That is the home of Frontsight Firearms Institute. It was five days of the best training available anywhere, both classroom and range. We dry camped there in the motorhome ... read more






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