WEDNESDAY MARCH 2nd 2011 298844

Up and ready to get on the road about 9.30 a.m.  Already nice hot and sunny.  Too bad we are leaving!

Alison had left for her class in town earlier, so after our "goodbyes" to Norman we headed out.

Here we are all set ready to leave.   The view never ceased to amaze us.

Thanks once again Norman and Alison for being such gracious hosts.   We do look forward to doing this again - if you would allow us to.

From Tucson we headed into Tombstone.  After all you  do always have to do some "tourist" things when on vacation, don't you?

Once on the road the scenery changed again.  The mountains looked very different to what we had seen around Tucson.  But still very impressive.

The roads were almost deserted.  Made us wonder what it would have been  like to travel these "roads" at the time of Wyatt Earp.

We really enjoyed Tombstone.  It was truly like taking a step back in history.   You could easily forget it was 2011.

You could ride the stage coach through town.

The Sheriff wandered around keeping his eye on the cowboys hanging around the saloon.

Of course we went through every store there was, managed to spend far too much, and take too many pictures.  But we had such a great time.

Naturally after such a hot busy afternoon there was only one place to go - the Local Saloon for refreshments!

You could see where some of the gun fights took place in the saloon, the bullet holes are still there!

Luckily we were not taken to the town hall or the jail after our drinks.

So once again on the road!

Fabulous fun place, we will return!

From Tomstone we were heading to the KOA Campground in  Lordsburg  NM.

The scenery still unbelievable!

A short drive from Tombstone, west of Bisbee we came across a huge Copper Mine, which was founded in 1880.

Today 20,000 lbs of copper ore is still mined daily.

Just for you info - there is also a gift store in the parking lot, look out area.  Lots of copper "goodies" for sale!

Further along the highway and now in New Mexico in the town of Apache, we came across Geronimo's Monument.  The momument was erected to signify Geronimo's surrender.   Apache was on the verge of becoming a ghost town when we drove through, with just a handful of buildings and so few of them occupied.    All very interesting and informative.

Arrived at KOA about 4.30 p.m. after a very exciting day of "history".

It was also a nice warm day, although it cooled off very quickly when the sun set.

Had wifi at camp, but it kept cutting out, so became very frustrating trying to send e-mails and use skype.  But as you can see, we were still in the "wilderness".