Tombstone, AZ

We decided to go check out Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico before Dave and Michele would head east and we needed to go to our RV dealer in Kansas. We drove for the day, checking out little things along the way and started looking for a campground by late afternoon. It is now the 27th of November. Dave suggested a small town named Tombstone, which was about 20 miles of the highway. A little bit far of the route for me normally, but we are on an adventure and so we went down this little road as we saw the sun going down. We got to the campground after dark and as usual, it is an adventure in itself to park and hookup the rig in the dark. Between the two guys they got everything done and Michele and I cooked dinner.

The next morning Dave suggested we go into town before heading on and what a treat we got. You have to check out this website http://www.cityoftombstone.com/ as well as our pictures.



It was as if time had stood still! There was the cowboys, the stage coach and a main street just like in a real Western town, out of the movies. So what did we do?? The boys got themselves each a cowboy hat and I ended up with a pair of moccasins.



There was supposed to be a shootout at noon, but unfortunately, we had to keep moving. So, back into the truck and of to the next adventure. It came faster than I wanted. On our street atlas the road that we were going to travel on looked just fine, however, once we were on there we realized that it was a dirt road that had been badly washed out by the rain. I don't think I will ever forget the next 17 miles, which seems to take forever, until we reach a normal road again. Up until today I am still amazed that we did not break any dishes.



We were kicking up so much dust, that Michele and Dave had to stay back a ways to be able to see where we were going. I have learned since then to choose our route more wisely. The good part was that we discovered a beautiful National Park, which we otherwise would have not seen. There is always two sides to a coin.