Blogs from Tombstone, Arizona, United States, North America - page 4

With my sister visiting from Uganda, we decided to go on the Stage Coach Ride to get a summary history of the town.Tourists flock there by the thousands to praise the murderers more than to pay homage to those whose lives were so brutally taken. What stroke me as peculiar when I first visited Tombstone, was the fact that the whole down is built around this one main street. Since I had visited the town previously, I decided my sister should get to know the history of the town; riding on the old Butterfield Stage Coach ridden by the giant Clydesdale horses took us into the past. The ride took us through the town, highlighting the main buildings and areas of interest. Of course you do not have to go on this ride if history is ... read more

Tombstone Silver and Gold? Or “Girl, you’re sitting on a Gold Mine” Tombstone; known for silver mines, gunfights and outlaws, is a must if you are visiting the Southwest. It is reminiscent of a cowboy Williamsburg (Anyone from the east will recognize what I am talking about). Folks are walking about in period regalia; black dusters with double holsters, bustier, scarf wrapped hips with feathered boas. Gunfights in the streets and stagecoaches abound. We stayed at the Wells Fargo RV Park, a marvelous place; tight spaces but only one block from the historic district. If you don’t tow or even if you do, this RV park is perfect, as you can walk right over to the action. The folks are real nice and provide you good information on places to eat and visit. We had excellent ... read more

climbing granet ,multi piches. sharp and runout , a lot sandbag routs ,little bit long hike but so fun and nice climbing view is wonderful . weather is very nice. we staying eastside cochies. p.s. I got parking ticket by trail head !!but I park my car is guide book said. there is not saying about "not parking" . and $75 !! it is mean!!... read more

Memorial Day weekend 2008. The weekend that I was coming home to see family, and take a walk down Memory Lane. An event that I was very much looking forward to, and the chance to see some family members that I hadn't seen since the mid 1980's. In our family, we have this standing joke "the family gets together for weddings and funerals". Thankfully, this weekend, wasn't either! My plane landed at Tucson International Airport. I had rented a convertible, and was looking forward to driving around in it with the top down. I was shocked to see that it was raining, it doesn't rain often in the desert. As I got off the plane, I couldn't believe how chilly the temps were, a high in the mid 60's! So much for riding around topless that ... read more

Two completely opposite tourist traps, that were both a lot of fun. First, we went to the town of Tombstone where the famous gunfight took place and Wyatt Earp was the only man who walked away unharmed. We walked around the little town, where even the Bank of America was built with old-fashioned wooden teller counters. There were lots of junk shops, and plently of natives in wild west garb trying to lure us into this or that saloon for gunfights and beer. We settled on Big Nose Kate's Saloon, had some lunch complete with entertainment, and went the the OK Corral to check out the museum and the reenactment. Oh, the reenactment. It was so painfully terrible it was funny. We had hoped for a bunch of costumed cowboys and sherrifs dramatically reenacting the ... read more