Our next stop was Tombstone, Arizona, a place Jack's always wanted to visit. There are three RV Parks in Tombstone; we stayed at Tombstone RV Park and it appears to be the nicest one. It's about a mile and a half out of town but they offer a free shuttle into town throughout the day and the office staff is friendly. It's all gravel, typical for this area, with large sites that have a split rail fence between each one. There are full hook ups including cable but the connections were shared between two sites. We'd stay here again if we returned to Tombstone, but it's doubtful we'll visit again.
Tombstone was not what I expected. It does look like an old west town but that's all there is. Everyone drives 25 miles to Sierra Vista for things like groceries, banks, doctors etc. That's where we had to drive to find a vet for Maggie. It almost seems like a ghost town but we were there off season; I imagine there's more going on during their busy season.
The town of Tombstone can be seen in one afternoon. There are a variety of shops and a few restaurants and saloons and we tried the three main ones...Big Nose Kate's Saloon is typical saloon with live music and a menu that is mostly burgers and sandwiches. It was a fun place. The Crystal Palace Saloon is an historic building that used to be a brewery and you may find some cowboys hanging around there. They have a full menu. The Longhorn Restaurant is also an historic building and the quietest of the three. We enjoyed all three. They have daily shoot-outs in the OK Corral but, unlike Deadwood's street shoot-outs, there is an admission charge to watch. There is also the Boot Hill Cemetery, which we normally would have visited, but we were distracted with Maggie's decline and death and didn't realize we'd missed it until we were leaving.
Big Nose Kate's Saloon
Haven't had Sarsaparilla in decades! Crystal Palace Saloon
We left Tombstone with mixed feeling. Lots of history and stories of the old west to enjoy but, for us, it was all overshadowed with losing Maggie. We were more than ready to move on.
We like Tombstone more than Dodge City, Ks and Deadwood. The first time we were in Deadwood we enjoyed. Went a few years later and found high rise parking garage and less of an old time feeling.
ReplyDeleteOne of my HS friends owns a B&B outside of Tombstone. Moved there in the late 70's and never looked back.