Tombstone Arizona and Snow in the Desert

Tombstone

The other day I drove about a half hour or so from Kartchner Caverns State Park over to Tombstone to see what I could see.  What I found was a bit of a tired little town trying its best to trade on the fame of Wyatt Earp and the shootout at the OK Corral.  I did enjoy walking around and reading the informative placards placed throughout the town noting original buildings like The Bird Cage Saloon and Opera House and The Oriental Saloon.  The museum in the Courthouse is wonderful and, among other things, displays a business license for Miss Kitty whose business type was listed as “Ill Fame”, an invitation to a hanging, and the original newspaper page with the article describing the shootout at the OK Corral which had taken place the day before.  Shootout reenactments are offered three times daily for which I was prepared to pay money, however, the morning I was there, the early show was cancelled, so I missed out.  No sasparilla for me either since the sasparilla store was closed.  Oh well, I’m glad I went.  It was fun to see, plus I found a few geocaches along the way.

Here are a few shots I took while in Tombstone.  This first one is of the Oriental Saloon in which Wyatt Earp had an interest.  This is the original building, well, almost original.  The first one burned down 1 year after it was built.  This is the original “second” one.

And here we have the famous Bird Cage Saloon and Opera House, also an original building.

Next is the shnazzy courthouse built in 1882.

And the OK Corral as seen from the street.  You can’t get in unless you pay money for the gunfight.  blah blah blah

And my personal favorite.  The crazy lady walking her 8 week old Nubian goats on a leash talking to herself all the while.

That’s it for Tombstone.  On to…

Snow in the Desert

The weather forecast rang true as the snow fell on the Chihuahuan Desert this morning.  Misty, Mosely, and I woke around 6:30 and found about an inch or so of snow on the ground with more falling.  As you can imagine, snow in the desert is quite rare.  Here are some shots I took in the early morning hours.

Tomorrow it’s off to Usery Mountain Regional Park in the Phoenix area which will be my last stop before I head to my new home of Clarkdale.