In Tombstone with the Earp brothers & Doc Holiday. :-)
Adrian, Bob, Russell & I drove South of Tucson to visit the famous OK Corral in the middle of the "Wildest Town in the West". Tombstone was founded in 1877 & due to the silver mining quickly grew to 7,500 (& probably more like 15,000-20,000). Back in the day there were 100 saloons!
We watched them play out the most famous gun fight...The cowboys vs Doc Holliday, Wyatt, Virgil & Morgan Earp. 3 of the cowboys were killed. Some people say that 1 event kept Tombstone alive. In the 1930's the population dwindled. Today there are 1,500 residents in the Tombstone area.
After the gunfight show the 4 of us took a carriage ride part way through town before we had to stop the tour. That's a funny story...we just couldn't take the slow, rough ride nor the unintelligible audio tour (it sounded like the Peanuts school teacher). :-(
Had fun taking some shooting practice with paint bullets.
"You called down the thunder? Well, here it is!!" from the Tombstone movie.
Tombstone has a good vibe & we took in some crazy history from that time. Was a good day!
On our drive to Tombstone we stopped to tour the Pima Air & Space Museum. Will post those pics later.
I'm sure the rough ride didn't do well for you...WOW 100 saloons!!!
ReplyDeleteYep...it was comical how bad the ride in the carriage was. We were all laughing & finally couldn't take when we asked to get out. Glad we did!
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