Tuesday, January 12, 2010

In the wild wild west

Krystee, Mason, and Molly came to visit me in Sierra Vista last weekend. Since we only had one day together I decided to make the best of it. Hence, Tombstone AZ, "The town too tough to die." For those who aren't aware of the town, it's the sight of the shootout at the O.K. Corral. It also was the largest city west of the Mississippi and nearly became the capitol of the west in 1882.
First stop pictured above was some chick and I think her last name is Sanchez. Just a fun shot.

Mason and me in the oriental saloon. The owner of this establishment ran out the back doors and shot and killed "Billy the Kid."
There is some history behind the theatre but I didn't want to pay $10 each to tour it. There was a stage and some prostitutes that work there. Interesting side note, prostitution was legal in the 1880's and the women actually had business licenses.
Best part of the town, the Good Enough mine. This silver mine was the reason that the town became relevant at all. The silver was worth $2000 per ton and the workers worked 6 days a week and 10 hours a day for $96 a month, an actual lucrative career then, (army $30 a month).
Mason enjoyed the tour but was hungry during, so every pit stop when the tour guide would talk, we would feed. That Graco stroller is a beast too. It handled the 62 stairs and the rough mine terrain with relative ease.
Super dark inside and a constant 62 degrees. That's Krystee, I think.
I held a light up to Mason for a picture. He was loving the mine. All was fine, even after Mason took a nose dive in his carrier while walking back up the 60 stairs.
This is the actual sight of the shootout. It technically wasn't part of the O.K. Corral but details, details. In the picture, the 8 men are as they were then. The Earp's and Doc Holliday on one side (under the sign) and the Clanton's and McLaury's on the other. The Earp's and Holliday were injured (excpet Wyatt, untouched), the Clanton's and McLaury's were killed except Ike Clanton who ran off. The enitre day was spent with me whistling the theme song to Young Guns. "I ain't ever drew first but I drew first blood..."

4 comments:

DaNae said...

Looks like S.V. is a pretty happening place! i bet it was nice to see the fam tho.

Deborah said...

What a great weekend. Did Mason get hurt with the fall? He is getting so big.

Rich and Liz Harris said...

You guys are adorable.

Dave said...

I would love to see the OK Coral. Thanks for invited me to the blog. Private blogs blow BTW.