Hamburgers, Cowboys and Good Friends

 Bisbee, AZ   High 76  Low 41

Time for an adventure. I mentioned in my last post that Pat and Marilyn would be seen again in this blog and here we go.

The "girls" figured out how much I love to drive and we decided to take advantage of that fact. We checked the weather and figured out that going south would be a better option than looking north. So many places we could head for but after a lot of discussion, we settled on Bisbee. 

Bisbee is south of Tombstone and is 11 miles from our border with Mexico.  And as many towns in the west, it was founded as a mining (copper, gold and silver) town in 1880. 

Monday morning we headed south. Jazzy was a joy to drive. We stopped in Benson to have lunch at the Farm House Bakery Restaurant and had the best hamburger ever. Definitely worth another stop if we're in that area again.

Marilyn and Me (and cow)

Pat and Marilyn (and cow)

We also took time to stop in Tombstone and do some strolling down the streets. Not many folks wandering around because most businesses are closed on Monday. We visited with a couple of the locals and we did not improve their economy.

 

Marilyn and friend

The local hangout. They stage a gunfight here in the afternoon but we passed.

Merry Christmas

After stretching our legs and checking out the cowboys, we headed on down the road to Bisbee.

Since I was the driver, Marilyn was responsible for getting us a hotel room, and Pat was in charge of finding out fun facts about Bisbee. 

1. In it heyday, Bisbee was the largest city between Houston, TX and Los Angeles, CA.

2. Because of mining over 2000 miles of tunnels snake their way around Bisbee in the Mule Mountains.

3. More to come                              

Our adventures with the Hotel La More deserves its own blog so I am going to end this part of the adventure for now.