Tombstone, Bisbee, and Charlestown

Monday 22 February – Tombstone, Bisbee, and Charlestown

Another day of rain, sleet, hail, and cold (freezing) weather persuaded Ray and I to take the Hotwire route. We awoke from the Best Western in Benson and drove down to Tombstone where we learned much fact and fiction about the Gunfight (near) the OK Corral. The town of Tombstone has a good museum in the old courthouse built in 1882. There is much to learn about the Spanish era, the Apache wars with Cochise and Geronimo, the silver boom, and of course the Earp brothers, “Doc” Holiday and the MacLowery brothers.

We drove to Bisbee, a copper mining town on the Mexican border, We had beer and a late lunch at the “Copper Queen Hotel”. The freezing precipitation continued and limited outdoor exploration.

We drove down to Sierra Vista and then back to Charlestown (a ghost town) to spend the night in a camp ground we saw on the map. Both Charlestown and the camp ground were not to be found. We would up back in Tombstone at an RV park. As we stood there in a downpour considering the $32 nightly fee, we decided that the $65 hotwire rate on the Viscount Hotel (very nice) was well… very nice. We went to bed, showered, each with 4 pillows and fresh sheets. Now this is camping.