Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone Arizona is considered to be one of the best preserved specimens of a frontier town.  The buildings are original and not reproductions.  Although Tombstone was a silver mining town, it's best known for it's reputation as a seedy outlaw town. 

We ate lunch at Big Nose Kate's Saloon.  She was the girlfriend of Doc Holliday.

The Birdcage Theater attracted some of the most famous headliners of the time.  It was a wild place and still has bullets lodged in the bar and walls inside.  It is reported to be the most haunted place in America.....we didn't see any ghosts.

The OK Corral was the sight of one of the most famous gunfights.  In the end, 3 outlaws were killed by the Earps and Doc Holliday.

Lots of people were killed in Tombstone and Boot Hill was the place to bury them.  Typically people would start their day by checking the street to see who was killed the night before.

Roswell, New Mexico

Since Roswell was only 70 miles from where we were staying, we decided to take a motorcycle trip to see what all the fuss was about.  We spent a while going through the UFO museum and reading all the affadavits of people who swear they witnessed the crash or were involved in the cover up of an alien crash sight.  Today, the town is an alien themed attraction.

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico

One of the first stops after leaving Texas was Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.  I had been there before when I was a little girl but the only memory I had of it was the store in the cavern. 

We spent most of the day oo-ing and awe-ing at the unbelieveable formations.  One of the most remarkable things is that tours have been offered at the caverns for 100 years.  The difference is that, in those days, people had to be lowered down in barrels.  Today, you hike in and take the elevator to the top when you're done.

Weatherford, Texas

I had a wonderful three weeks in Weatherford visiting my family.  Holly was kind enough to wait until we were there to have baby Autumn.  It rained and was cool most of the time even though everyone swears it doesn't rain much in Weatherford.  I'm now convinced that the nicest people live in Texas.