Arizona - Day 2

Tangelo's
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One good thing about living in Arizona, aside from the warmer temperature, lack of snow and did I mention warm weather? You can grow fruit trees in your back yard!

Shell and Richard have a variety of fruit trees that they have planted. Like Tangelo's? Just walk out the back door! Lemons are right there too along with sour oranges and (when in season) nectarines! That right there would be a good reason to live in a climate like this!

Day two brought a whole new set adventure! As per my request (one of the first ones I made after we started planning this trip), we were headed to Tombstone! You see the movies, you hear the stories, but you never really can get the real feel of the town until you actually walk the streets! It was really like stepping back in time. The "main" street of town still has the look and feel of the days when Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the McLaury brothers walked the streets.

Now you have to understand, Tombstone has always been one of my favorite movies, and to be able to walk these street was just too awesome. Being able to also hear more of the history of this famous was very eye opening. Did you know that they town of Tombstone (the town that refused to die) actually burnt down twice and was rebuilt after each fire? I never knew that! The last time that the town was rebuilt, many of the 2 and 3 story buildings were only built as single story buildings.

The Birdcage Theater is still there! You know - the theater in the movie where the townspeople gather and (in the movie) Wyatt sees Josephine for the second time). It is the oldest building left in tombstone.They do offer self-guided tours through the theater, but we opted to just get out picture taken in front of the bar. We were having to much fun just wandering the streets. Yes the town is a bit more touristy that it was all those years ago, but just walking the streets was fun! They offered a trolley ride around town for a few bucks, but we opted to take the stagecoach ride 2 miles around town - very cool! Our guide pointed out many historical sites and gave us a great history of the area. Did you know that up until no too long ago, Wyatt Earp's house still stood in Tombstone - until one night some vandals took a match to it and it was destroyed in minutes.

For lunch we had to hit one of the local favorites... Big Nose Kate's Saloon. Very cool! And then it was off the the big shoot out...

The Shoot-out at the OK Corral... Yes, it is still there! They do a great show around this famous gun fight. Yes, again, touristy, but still very entertaining! The actors that were part of these show were great! The guy playing the part of Doc Holliday was awesome! Same mannerisms and walk that we all know Doc for! Not to mention the attitude!

By the time we did all this, we were exhausted! But no trip to Tombstone is complete without a stop at the Boothill Cemetary! It is amazing how many "Unknown's are burried there! But is is also interesting to read to stories about how many of those that are burried there actually got there.

Once we left Tombstone it was back to Tucson... and Fusion Wasabi... Sushi for dinner!

Goodbye to snow - at least for a few days!

Waiting to leave MN
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This morning we began our Arizona Adventure! We were at the airport by 6am - I think I was awake anyway!!

Not really sure what the temp was this morning when we left home, but my guess is that it was about -4. People might call me crazy too, but knowing that I was going to land a few hours later in warmer weather, I left the jacket at home. When we landed in Tucson, it was almost 60! Now that is what I call getting away from the cold! No matter how "chilly" it gets here, you won't catch me complain! I don't have to see snow and I can walk out of the house with a long sleeve t-shirt on and not be cold!! I really had thought about bringing a knitting project along to keep my occupied on the plane, but with all the security measures, I figured that , just my luck, they would not let me take my needles on the plane! So I had to settle for the MP3 player and crossword puzzle books!

Today was a relatively quite day once we landed. Richard picked up up at the airport - many thanks to our gracious chauffeur! Of course since neither of us have ever really seen a cactus up close before, we had to take a picture of the first one we saw - right outside the airport! After a quick lunch with him and Shell, Richard was headed back to work. The rest of us went home and took naps - sitting on the plan doing nothing really takes it out of you!

Michelle got tickets for all of us to go to the Gaslight Theater tonight. This was a comedy dinner theater that was really cool. The seats we had were awesome too... up in the balcony overlooking everything!

By the end of the night, we were exhausted! Tomorrow is a new day!