TOMBSTONE, AZ A Fun place to go!!

We have lived in AZ for 44 years and we have never gone to see Tombstone, AZ, so we thought it was about time. We left on Thursday and went to our place at Roosevelt first. We pulled the chipper and when we got there, we spent about 3 hours chipping two huge piles of stuff we trimmed the last time we were there. LaVerl also wanted to make sure all his automatic waterers were coming on since we just planted 4 new bushes. The next morning April 23, we had about a 6 hour drive. We stayed at the old Landmark Lookout Lodge hotel, place with a lot of history.

 

We saw lots of interesting places and learned lots of the history of Tombstone!

LaVerl is a really good shot, he hit all the targets!

The old historic court house is a museum.

We ate at the OK Cafe and had a 'sarsaparilla' made by a guy in town from his own recipe and bottled in Kansas.

 

We of course had to see the "Gunfight at the OK Corral".

This is the place the gunfight actually tool place and who was there. A plaque told the young 18yr. old Ike Clanton ran from the fight, thus saving his life. 

 

 

Fun things to ride!

Saturday April 24th

We drove out of town to see this huge rock monument made for Ed Schieffelin who founded Tombstone and was the first to discover silver

 

I liked what was said about him. "A dutiful son, A faithful husband, A kind brother, A true friend."

We got to see the biggest rose bush in the world! The museum had lots of cool, old things to see too.

It was amazing! We had to go outside to see the blooms!

The trolley tour was great! We went all over town and out to the Boothill Cemetery. The guy told us that in the 1880's Tombstone was the 2nd largest city, 20,000 people, (#1 San Francisco) west of the Mississippi. People came because silver was discovered.

The mine tour takes you down 110 feet, and looked fun, but we missed it, we'll have to go next time!

       In here was saw a really cute, funny show the actors put on!

We had a good lunch at the "Longhorn Restaurant" but the deep dish apple pie was awesome!!

A final picture! We picked a perfect time to go, the weather was still nice and it wasn't too crowded! It was a fun weekend get-away!