| Do you have time for vacation and can't decide where | | | | REMEMBER ME" I bought a book with the history of |
| to go. Well, let me tell you, I have been to The Grand | | | | the graveyard and it is very interesting to read. The |
| Canyon and Tombstone. We flew from Georgia to | | | | actually list how the people died. And not all are from |
| Arizonia, rented a car and off we went. Our first day | | | | gunshots.We visited the old courthouse. Very |
| was in Tucson, we relaxed and spent time with the | | | | interesting from the show cases upstairs, to the old |
| kids and made our plans. We decided the next day | | | | court room to the gallow out back. Then there is Big |
| my husband and his son would do a skydive and then | | | | Nose Kate's Saloon. You have got to visit that place. |
| off to The Grand Canyon. It was really odd to leave | | | | The place has a great atmosphere, I didn't want to |
| Tucson where it was hot and sunny and run into snow | | | | leave. They say there is a ghost there but I didn't see |
| in the mountains. Of course we had to stop and have | | | | him. Others claim to see him. It is suppose to be |
| a snowball fight before we went any further. By this | | | | Swamper, an old miner. This is a bar where Clanton, |
| time we were all cold. Who would think that Arizonia | | | | Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday was know to drink |
| would have cold spots in that state. I was smart, I | | | | at.You have got to check out the Bird Cage Theatre. |
| packed sweats but at the time I was in shorts and | | | | What a place. The Bird Cage got it's name after the |
| t-shirt. We were all glad when we decided it was time | | | | thirteen little rooms that hang from the ceiling where |
| to get a motel room for the night. Time to relax, have | | | | ladies of the night took their men. For twenty dollars |
| a couple drinks and warm up. The next day, off to the | | | | you got a bottle of whiskey and a good time for the |
| Grand Canyon.The Grand Canyon is a big hole in the | | | | night, with a lady of the night. Downstairs was very |
| ground but the sight is breath taking. The rock | | | | interesting. They had some old furniture and piano's on |
| formation is amazing and the colors in the layers. | | | | display and some very old but interesting things of the |
| Wow! They have areas that you can drive around | | | | past. But the most interesting was the little bar and the |
| and stop to look at a different section of the canyon. | | | | poker table. It was still sitting there after all this time |
| Unbelievable. You could fly over the canyon if you so | | | | with the cards, and chips on it. They said that poker |
| disired. At one point, there is a path you can walk | | | | game lasted eight years and four months. Wow, what |
| down and spend time down there or spend the night. | | | | a game.After leaving there, we headed to the OK |
| Not me. I don't do anymore walking then I have to. I | | | | Corral. That place was neat. They had a little skit they |
| figured, it is easy to walk down hill but coming up would | | | | do about the fight and shooting. Cute but I wanted to |
| be a killer for me. The sight from the street was just | | | | see other things. They have little rooms set up that the |
| as good.We left there after a couple hours and | | | | prostitutes used. Big enough for a bed and wash |
| headed to Tombstone. Man what a town. I loved it and | | | | stand. Still had the old used quilts on them. Seems like |
| want to go back. First we visited the Boot Hill | | | | they had a lot of them back in those days. There is so |
| Graveyard. It was very interesting. Very nice and well | | | | much to take in there, that I can go on and on for |
| kept. To see the names of the famous gun fighters | | | | days.I enjoyed my trip there and plan to make another |
| there was neat. There were some grave markers | | | | trip to the old west in February of 2007. And yes |
| that had different sayings on them, like Lester Moore, | | | | Tombstone in on the list of to do's. So if you are into |
| "Here lies Lester Moore, four slugs from a 44, no Les | | | | history, take a trip to Tombstone. Oh yes, the movie |
| no more", and another one, Frank Bowles,"AS YOU | | | | Tombstone, watch it, you will see some of the places I |
| PASS BY, REMEMBER THAT, AS YOU ARE, SO | | | | was talking about. |
| ONCE WAS I, AND AS I AM, YOU WILL SOON BE, | | | | |