On Tuesday evening we flew into Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, picked up a rental car and were reunited with our truck and trailer. Once I had jump started the truck we had power and everything seemed fine. No Bugs, no water, no worries (a bit of mold in the Fridge, as we had forgotten to leave it open). A good nights sleep and we were ready for the off. Wednesday morning we packed up in Phoenix, returned the rental car and by 10.30 we were passing the campground I had picked out for our first night, however because we were so well up on time we pressed on to our first big destination - Tombstone. Tombstone is out in the desert, right out in the desert, like Bodie in California, if it wasn't for silver mining no one in there right mind would want to live here. It has that unreal quality about it that makes you think you really are in a film, stage coaches coming past, cowboys on the street, street fighting (though we haven't seen that yet, maybe tomorrow), all those names of cowboys that we know from films, but they were really here, really shooting each other. We toured the courthouse and read the story of the O.K. Corral, great fun. we stopped in for lunch at the Longhorn Restaurant and then visited the famous Bird Cage Theatre. we have included some of the pictures. Tomorrow I think we will take a ride on the Butterfield Stage and go see the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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Weather looks superb! Thanks for bringing back memories,we opted out of the gunfight - I kind of think once you've seen one they are all alike and we have seen a fair few, fun to see though.
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