Roadtrekking in our 210P via Lily Pads

This is our Trek in our Roadtrek 210P. Hint: Scroll to a list of "Topics and Destinations" on the right. Our RT is a portal to a much larger world and we have established "lily pads" from which we travel and we'll post about those, too. Life is a Journey of discovery in our Motorized Alpaca, a "tiny cabins on wheels". It has been said that "Life Begins at the end of our Comfort Zone." Content and photos are original unless noted. Click photos to enlarge. Copyright and disclaimers apply.

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Monday, January 15, 2018

Tombstone, Arizona

We took a trip to Tombstone, Arizona and spent two days in the area. We really enjoyed our time there. It is an interesting place, as are many of the mining towns we've visited. It has a number of museums, some tucked away inside establishments.

I made a video of our trip and a link is included in this post.

We entered Tombstone from the North-West travelling on Arizona Hwy 80, which becomes Freemont Street. At 6th street we made a right and drove a couple of blocks, crossed Allen Street to the free city parking on 6th Street.

First thing to do is to go to the Visitor Center on the corner of 4th and Allen and ask for help. We explained this was our first visit and we were given an official Tombstone City Map, and suggestions were made as to how to save some money by combining events, which we did.

A lot of museums
This is an old mining town with a number of official and unofficial museums. Here's a list of the one's we visited:

The Visitor's Center is actually an old bank.
O.K. Corral & Historama.
The museum associated with the O.K. Corral.
The Bird Cage Theatre which includes a museum.
Tombstone Epitaph (newspaper) Museum
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
Old Tombstone Historical Tours (via stagecoach, fee required).
Boothill Graveyard (on AZ-80)

There are also "impromptu" museums, such as the one below "Big Nose Kate's Saloon & Restaurant" and the interior of some of the restaurants are quite colorful.

Characters
There are some very interesting people in Tombstone. There are hired "re-enactors" and there are also free-lancers, who dress as their character of choice and walk Allen Street. One individual I found to be very interesting is W.D. "Arizona" Kennedy who was sitting on the corner of Allen and 6th strumming his guitar. He has written and published a memoir "Chasing Rainbows And Similar Acts of Foolishness". I purchased a copy after our conversation and let ms say, he has led an interesting life.