7/2/13 - Bisbee, AZ

It came a good rain last night.  We got up and had free waffles and coffee at the RV park.  They were really good.  Before leaving we went back into Willcox and looked at some of the historic buildings.  There was a saloon where Warren Earp was shot to death July 6, 1900.  There was a statue of Rex Allen and the grave of his horse KoKo.  Also, there was a museum for Rex Allen, but it didn’t open until 10 am.

We hooked up and went to Tombstone, Arizona.  We have been to Tombstone before but we stopped again.  We walked along Allen Street and went into lots of the old buildings.  We went into the Bird Cage Theatre and had a beer at Big Nose Kate’s Saloon.  Then we decided to take in the show about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.  Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp along with Doc Holiday had a shoot out with Ike Clanton, Bill Clanton, Tom McLaury, and Frank McLaury.  It was a lot of fun.  We also visited the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper that began in 1880.  After leaving downtown Tombstone we went to Boot Hill.  Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury are buried here.  Some of the grave markers are pretty funny. 

After leaving Boot Hill we drove to Naco, Arizona via Bisbee.  Just outside Bisbee in an open pit copper mine. We stopped at the overlook. We got an RV site in Naco at Turquoise Valley Golf and RV.  This park is about ¼ mile from the Mexican border.  We went down to see the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico.  We have never seen a border fence before -- we are used to seeing the Rio Grande. 

Jim noticed that Bisbee had a brewery and we drove there.  They were brewing and we went into the brewery to watch.  Paul, the head brewer, knew our friend Leroy from the Foam Rangers and he had been to Houston for one of the Dixie Cup competitions.  After talking to Vic and Paul, we went in and had four of their beers.  Then we went across the street to the St. Elmo bar that has been in operation since 1902.  They have on tap another beer made in Bisbee from Electric Brewing.  We only had one of theirs.  We drove back to Naco and I cooked dinner at the Casita and we sat outside and watched the sunset and the lightning from the East.  Maybe it will rain again tonight.