More in Arizona

We drove past Phoenix and Tucson to our next stop, Benson. The first day there while walking Ripley, I saw a tarantula.  After that, I spent my time looking for them to avoid it, Guy looked for one to take a picture. Fortunately, I never saw another, but red ants were every where. We went twice to Tombstone. The first day, we got rained out; but not before the lightening bolt cracked through town about 45 yards behind us. The electric went out in half the town, it started sprinkling, everyone was talking about monsoons and the sky was looking ominous. So we headed back to the campground. Our final turn was right before a flooded area. We stayed dry inside but the Phoenix and Tucson area had major flooding. The next day the sun was out so we tried Tombstone again. 

Going north again, we saw some of the flooded areas of Phoenix and Tucson. Black Canyon City where we stayed was pretty dry. We did some sightseeing, shopping and watched the Raven/Steelers game.

nighttime rainbow

Boothill cemetary in Tombstone. Numerous unknown graves, hanging deaths and sense
Humor epitaths

Tombstone during a lull in the rain

the horse reacted to the lightening and had to be calmed

getting set for a gunfight

sign on the door reads "no guns, cemetery full" don't forget it is legal in
Arizona to carry guns

courthouse in Tombstone

so much beauty just driving place to place

St Patrick's in Bisbee model after St Mary's in England completed in 1917

these lined the fence in the morning, thank goodness the spiders weren't there

town of Bisbee, had antique shops and art galleries

1of 41 stained glass windows by Emil Frei in St Pat's

historic Bisbee Grand Hotel built in 1906

 

the historic Bird Cage Theatre, gunfights, women of ill repute, poker games...

 

inside the Bird Cage Theatre, the original wall paper, bullet holes, light fixture...
Remain, the cribs here were used for entertaining men

 

the original bar was brought in from Pittsburgh

the menu at Big Nose Kate's, Kate's was a favorite of ours

we liked the music of Raleigh Jay and the atmosphere but not our waiter

I was let out for good behavior

the original was a hotel and burnt down in 1882 it was later rebuilt
With the original bar one of the few surviving pieces

using modern day six shooters we had so much fun we did it twice

 

the border patrol was right outside town and every one had to stop
But they weren't there in the rain and not all the roads are covered
 

Raleigh Jay singing country was really good

 

passing Tucson

Black Canyon City KOA Campground

the cacti and mountain combo

bee beep Roadrunner, we couldn't capture him either

the cacti were such a novelty to us

at the pizza shop, we chatted with an old timer

Ripley meets his first goat, Billy, Cocoa would not come over

 

the everything place, gift shop, restaurant, bar, bakery and pie shop

the pies were really good, the lemon meringue nice and tart, the chocolate cream
Had a cream type topping that was delicious

this bird house was at the BCC KOA along with the goats, king snakes he bred
To keep the rattlesnakes away and lizards...
 

they had good pizza