Our GPS stopped working a couple of weeks ago. This morning I again tried plugging it up and finally realized that the problem was not the GPS but the car charger for the GPS. I remembered we had a wall charger in the box. When I plugged it up, the GPS started charging and began working fine. Looks like all we will need to do is get a new car charger. Don't you love an easy fix? :)
We were assigned site #74, a pull-thru full hook-up site at Butterfield RV Resort.
Butterfield is a clean, nice park with lots of amenities and paved streets. The only complaint we had was their curbs were fairly steep.
Butterfield's most unusual amenity was their observatory where they had limited but free seating for a nightly view of the stars. We did not have time to visit the observatory this trip. Maybe next time.
After getting the motorhome set up at Butterfield RV Resort, we quickly headed in the car to Tombstone which was about 26 miles south of Benson. Tombstone is another place that is out in the middle of nowhere.
Can you imagine traveling to Tombstone in the late 1800's? Crossing the desert on your horse?
Once we reached Tombstone, we parked the car on a side street and started walking around Allen Street, which was where most of the stores and restaurants were located. The street was blocked off to cars. Other than being paved, it almost looked like we were back in the late 1800's.
The walkways along the street were wooden planks like you see in the western movies. We liked listening to the sound of walking across the planks. It would have sounded better if we had on boots and spurs! :)
There were cowboys, lawmen, and dance hall girls (actors and actresses) walking around town promoting their shows. They even had their horses tied up to the railings.
Stagecoach rides were also available for anyone who wanted to take a quick tour around Tombstone.
Unlike Deadwood where at various places in the town and at different times during the day there were "mini-plays" acted out on the streets, Tombstone has different shows that you can buy tickets to go to. We opted to go to the famous Gunfight at O.K. Corral reenactment at the O.K. Corral and Museum.
The show was entertaining and after the show, we walked around the museum. There was a life-size exhibit of the gunfight at the museum. The actual gunfight occurred a couple of lots over from the O.K. Corral and the participants in the gunfight were shooting each other at very close range (unlike the movies).
We continued walking through the museum, looking at old photos and exhibits, and reading all the information about life in Tombstone. I thought I would take a ride on this wagon but didn't get very far without any horsepower. :)
We walked down the street to the Crystal Palace for an early dinner. Much of the décor in the restaurant is original. The bar was not original but was a replica that was made to look almost identical to the original bar.
Chuck and I both ordered hamburgers at the Crystal Palace. Chuck's ketchup backfired on his face and fingers. :)
After dinner, we walked back to the O.K. Corral museum to watch their Historama which was a old multi-media presentation narrated by Vincent Price about the history of Tombstone. While the presentation was very old, it was very informative and focused more on how Tombstone began.
The town of Tombstone was founded by Ed Schieffelin. After finding pieces of silver ore in a dry wash, Schieffelin later discovered a huge silver vein near Tombstone which brought in a kind of "silver-rush" to the area. The town prospered from 1877 to 1890 when the town's mines produced $40 to $85 million in silver, making it the largest productive silver district in Arizona. The population grew from 100 to around 14,000 people in less than 7 years. (Wikipedia).
Silver gave the town of Tombstone its start, but gunfighters gave the town its fame.
As we drove out of Tombstone, we passed by the old City Hall...
...and watched the sun cast its last rays of the day on the mountains...
...as we rode through the desert in our 166 horsepower Honda CRV. :)
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