Today we visited Tombstone, the town too tough to die. A lot happened in this town that made the news in its day, and played well on the silver screen since.

The town came about when it’s founder discovered silver. The first mine, the Good Enough mine, is open for public tours, which we availed ourselves of:

We went to Six-Gun City and saw a reenactment of various moments in history (mostly with guns).

This man took offense when others made fun of his wild shirts, which he had special ordered from the New York Fashion houses.

Another shoot-out.

Big nose Kate was Wyat Earp’s girlfriend. She didn’t actually have a big nose, she just stuck it into everybody else’s business, hence the nickname.

This applies to all politicians. No further comment required.

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We’ve come to Prince of Tucson RV Park in Tucson, Arizona for the Thanksgiving weekend. Arrived yesterday. After eating dinner at the Cracker Barrel, we drove around Tucson, to see if we could recognize anything from when we visited with Nikki’s parents who were snowbirds here at the time. We discovered Rincon Country West RV Resort, where they stayed (we weren’t sure, but since confirmed). We also drove up A-Mountain, which we had visited at the time.

Today we went out to Colossal Cave Mountain Park in Vail, AZ. It’s about 32 miles from the RV park, here. A great little trip. We took the tour of the cave.

After visiting the cave, we visited the ranch with some hiking trails and other interesting things to see and do. Of course, like most of the Sonoran Desert, we saw lots of Saguaro cactus, and other types.

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The Hassayampa River, near Wickenberg, AZ is mostly underground, but there is a stretch above ground near the Hassayampa River Nature Preserve a few miles downstream from Wickenberg.

The preserve was at one time a working ranch. The bunkhouse has been completely restored to it’s original state.

A field of cacti from the lookout across the river.

Two cottonwoods and a palm share the same space.

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Last Sunday afternoon we went to Papago Park in Phoenix.

One of the famous parts of this park is the Hole in the Rock.

It was a windy day, with dust blowing, hiding the city.

In fact the palms were blowing pretty good, too.

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We went up to Wickenburg today. It’s about 70 miles northeast of Phoenix of Highway 70 in the northern high Sonoran desert. We spent most of our visit at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum. For a small town, it has a very nice museum.

It has a pretty good western art collection, including a number of pieces by Charles Russell, a famous painter of the west from the late 1800s into the early 1900s. Of personal note, my Great-Grandfather knew him in Great Falls, Montana when my great grandfather was proprietor of the Ahrens Mercantile. My Grandfather had a book of Charlie Russell paintings signed by the artist.

The drive was interesting and we had a nice visit, seeing the land. We’ve got a couple of other places in the area to return to for another visit in the future.

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