Last night Martin and Janice arrived for an overnight visit. This morning we met at the famous “Dot’s Diner” for breakfast before heading to Tombstone to play tourist.
Behind Dot’s is the tackiest trailer park in the country, called Shady Dell. They have Airstream and a few others that have been restored and decorated in a tacky retro style. Each is available for rental and they even have a special “Bridal” unit.
From Dot’s we stopped at The Big Hole to take pictures before getting together with Christopher for our tour. The Big Hole is the old copper mine in Bisbee and the home of Bisbee Blue, a beautiful turquoise that is darker than most because it is veined in copper.
Then it was off to Tombstone… through the tunnel and over the desert for about 30 miles. The town’s slogan is The Town That’s Too Tough to Die - compared to Bisbee whose slogan is The Town That’s Too High To Care.
There is an unrestored section - the real Tombstone - a ghost town…
Just past this is the OK Corral and a restored version of an Old West town.
