when we first went to Bisbee, we had a restaurant in mind, but it was closed for renovation. When we asked about a place that serves up good whole foods (shouldn’t be too hard in a hippie dominated town) or vegetarian meals, we were told about the High Desert Market and Cafe. It’s where the locals eat in Bisbee. We were so happy with it that we ate their twice.
The Shady Dell RV Park in Bisbee is actually a vintage trailer park that has some RV hookups. Featuring vintage trailers from the late 1940’s and 1950’s, the park acts like a motel allowing you to rent trailers from an era gone by. It was photos of Dots Diner we saw in Bisbee that grabbed our attention. Once seeing them, we knew we had to get some shots ourselves.
We spent a full day in Tombstone, taking in the gunfight at the OK Corral, meeting the OK Corral Blacksmith, taking a tour on the trolley through town and out to Boot Hill Cemetery, learning how to play Farrow with Doc Holliday and meeting Caesar the Tombstone Biker Bird.
Old Overholt whisky has been distilled since 1810 at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky. During our RV travel adventure in Tombstone Arizona, we learned that Doc Holliday drank Old Overholt whisky at the Crystal Palace Saloon. Being one to fully experience history, I had to saddle up to the bar and have a …
On Day 2 of our visit to Tucson, we went downtown to see the Hotel Congress, the last place John Dillinger slept before being caught by police, then a photography exhibit of John Gutmann. Dar and I split up so I could travel south 30 miles to go underground into the Titan Missile Museum while she saw an Ansel Adams exhibit. Then some history – the El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson and finally wine and an appetizer at the Hacienda Del Sol.