Day trip Bisbee and Tombstone

Drive to Bisbee Arizona this morning to see if we could get on the Queen Mine tour. For those that don't know the Queen mine here was one of the largest producers of Copper in the world. They mined over 8 billion pounds of Copper throughout it's time. They also mined Silver, Gold, Lead, and Zinc. We were able to get a tour that goes approximately 1500 feet into the mine. We donned a slicker, hard hat, and lights. As we headed into the mine on a cart driven by Jim, one of the old miners, we could feel the cool air coming out. The tunnel was narrow enough to touch the side walls with an outstretched arm, but not advisable. The  tunnel was a balmy 47 degrees. We stopped after a short time to ascend some stairs to a stope. After looking at some of the malachite and some ghostly faces on the wall of headless Jon and his brother crooked nose we were off to another part of the mine. We saw some of the old air compressed drills, carts, a quad bike used by the boss, and various mining equipment. We then boarded our "train" to head back out of the mine. I have never been in a mine before, so I thought it was pretty cool. At the end I asked Nakai what he thought of it and he said "it was mine blowing."

 

 

Then it was off to Tombstone for a gunfight at the O.K. Corral. We arrived just in time to see people dressed in 1880's fashion. We took a seat and a live show about the famous gunfight began. The gunshots scared everybody a little bit, but it was still pretty cool. We toured Allen street and visited a few of the shops along the famous street. On the way out of town I stopped by the Boothill Graveyard. It was very interesting. As I toured through I noticed that the majority of the graves were not particular names, they had UNKNOWN written on them.  

Earps, Doc, Nakai, Sora, and me

 

Clantons, a Mclaury, and us

 

 

 

Overall the day was pretty good. It was hot, but not too bad. Especially with AC and Ice cold water to drink along the way. Another one of Sora's selective hearing things today was when we were driving to Bisbee. The kids were starting to get loud in the car and so Michelle said "you guys need to turn it down about 2 notches. Sora speaks up and says ""turn it down with the nachos?" I think we need to get her hearing checked.

Mileage for the day was 191 miles. Tomorrow we are off to Southern California. We are hoping to go to the Beach, LEGOLAND, and the San Diego Zoo.