O'Connor Family Adventures: Pat and Sondee's Adventure to TOMBSTONE AZ

Our first post of one of our Travelling Adventures. We LOVE to travel and have experiences.

Tombstone AZ. I've always wanted to return and see it as an adult. I (Sondee) was 2 (two) when I was there last, shockingly I don't remember it at all. Pat LOVES all that Old West/Haunted History stuff. So, on Sat., we got on the road at around 5pm, dressed in our "Travelling Clothes (sweats, PJ's etc.),

stopped by Del Taco for dinner, and headed east!!! Packed in the car was a cooler FULL of drinks, Road Trip Snacks...

and 1 (one) suitcase of clothes. We had the music blaring, because if it's too loud, You're too old...The Toyota Highlander was a thumpin'!!! We were talking, I had the GPS on my phone so we knew where we were going..HA HA! We only stopped twice for potty breaks and stretching. The smell of El Centro/Imperial Valley was "earthy" so we sped up to get through all of that. The moon was pretty though:

Once we hit the AZ border we could travel at 75 MPH! So we did!!! Stopped in YUMA for gas, and was on the road again. Our next stop, Tucson AZ to sleep:

Cheap Hotel for 6 hours of sleep. Not even showers in the morning!! HA HA!! No we took showers before we left...We woke up and just took our time. Didn't want to rush, we were on a mini Vacay.

We got up, got gas, $3.04, in CA it's $3.58, and hit the trail. Oh, we had breakfast on the way:

And yes, we ate it all!!!! We turned on the Tunes, turned on the GPS, and headed Southeast!! We were so excited!! From Tucson it's about an hour to Tombstone.

TOMBSTONE AZ is an Historical Landmark, but does NOT have a parking lot. So, we parked on the street in front of someone's house.

As you see on the left, that's the famous OK Corral, which is our First Stop. We bought tickets to "Everything" and "Everything" includes, The gunfight, the actual site, the Tombstone Historama, and a copy of the paper from the day after the gunfight. That was great to start with, so you can have the rest of the day to explore the town. After we bought the tickets, we walked outside to see the blacksmith shop, stables, etc. This is all before we get to go to the actual Ok Corral site.

One of Pat's favorite things! Then we found the Prostitutes Crib....OH how fun!!!

Then we finally got to the site!!!! So exciting!!

The feeling was really cool. It was history, right there!!! These famous men stood here. We did the same thing when we were in DC. History Geeks! We then went to the re-creation of the Gun Fight. You can see part of the video on our FB page. The show is around 25-30 minutes long. They tell the history and what led up to the gunfight AND what happened to all them after the fight!! Very Very interesting.

The stage of the Re-Creation. See the C.S Fly (not McFly) Photographer? He was a very famous Photographer at that time. He did most of his work with the Apache Indians. His most famous picture is of Geronimo!!! So very cool. After the show, we went into his studio to see some of his work.

Then we went to explore the rest of the town, but first, FOOOOOD at Big Nose Kate's Saloon!!! Thanks Deb for the tip! SO MUCH FUN!!! The walls are filled with history and other stuff. There's a short Video on our FB. You can see and hear the piano player, who's playing, singing and doing shots at 12noon. It's 12 O'clock somewhere and it happens to be here!!! FOOD was really really good. Kate's is a Saloon that serves food, not a restaurant that serves drinks!!! Drink first, eat later!!

After lunch, off to the town, we saw the Haunted Blue Bird Theatre, Bordello. Lots of shops and I didn't realize that the Old West had Frozen Yogurt....

We got to see real bullet holes from cowboys fighting over which girl they get at the Blue Bird. OH, Tombstone became a National Historical Landmark in 1961.
The town has plenty going on all day, bank robberies, gun fights, stagecoach rides, and tours of the Silver/Gold Mines.
The stage coaches are old, this one is 113 years old, pulled by Burros:

On our way out, we saw another interesting artifact,

Pat is taller than those Clanton boys.

The day was so much fun! You know the saying, half the fun is getting there, and it truly was and the way home too!!!