Where the manager put us our trailer door was positioned so that we could almost step from our trailer to our neighbours, yep it was that small. We backed up a bit so the rear of the trailer was just about on the road behind us. If ever there was a case for getting out our trusty magic string now was it. (Our magic string is a tip given to us early in our travels - it's a length of string marked to the depth of our slides and its used to measure our slide position before we extend them). Some minor jockeying and we were done. We set our levels and slides - this was one cosy site!
As tight as it gets (note trailer passing to our rear)
The advantage of this park was its closeness to the centre of Tombstone and the OK Corrall itself. We knew there had to be a saloon in town and we needed a beer so off we went. Within minutes we were in a saloon called Big Nose Kate's saloon. We found out later that Doc Holiday's girlfriend, Mary Katherine Cummings was nicknamed Big Nose Kate. This saloon was steeped in history and had a great atmosphere and we sat at the bar and ordered a drink.
Our First stop
Big Nose Kate?
As we sat at the bar we started chatting to a couple from Texas. Drinks turned into dinner and before we knew it they were calling last drinks. We looked around and realised we were the only ones left in the saloon! We bid farewell to our new friends and headed back to the campground through the deserted streets.
No trip to Tombstone would be complete without a visit to the OK corral - the actual site of the famous shoot out. For a reasonable entrance fee you get to see a reenactment of the shoot out as well as visiting a blacksmiths shop, (still operational) and a couple of other displays including a fenced off area with manikins showing the actual positions of the gun fight participants.
It was a close quarter shoot out
The Main Street in Tombstone is permanently blocked off to traffic so you can just wander up the street and visit the many shops selling everything from t shirts to western style gun belts.
The Main Street of Tombstone
Next day we decided to walk further a field and see some of the other original buildings around town. We also did a tour of the court house which is now a museum. It was great value at $5 and refreshingly it provided lots of information about the town of Tombstone, not just the shoot out at the OK Corral.
Me a Doubter?
At the end of town we found another little place called Helldorado, a family amusement type place complete with shooting galleries, putt putt golf and of course another gun fighting show. We obviously just missed one of the shows, the stars were just leaving -
Seeing is Believing
The spruker at the entrance to Helldorado was telling us about all the activities available within the gates, when he mentioned the bar with $2 beers we were in! We chatted to the locals for a while and then recognised a few other people from the RV park we were staying at. A couple more beers and we were soon good mates! Wolf was from Germany but had lived in Canada for 40 years. His accent was still very strong even after all those years , that and his wicked sense of humour reminded us very much of Rose's mum. Andy and Jackie are French Canadians and had recently become full time RVers. Drinks done, we agreed to meet later that afternoon back at the park for happy hour.
The Owners of the Helldorado bar
One happy hour led to another and over the course of the next few days we decided that we weren't quite ready to part ways. Our next stop was going to be Tuscon to see the aircraft "boneyard" - the place where all the USA s military aircraft are stored in the desert. This was also a destination that Andy and Jackie had in mind so the next day we packed up camp and headed west, a convoy of two.
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Location:Tombstone Arizona
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