OK corral

Here’s something funny … as you drive south from Phoenix, Arizona actually gets cooler. You lose a few degrees in Tucson, and then as you head toward
Tombstone and Bisbee, things get even cooler. And rainy. Southern AZ, after all, is the state’s prime grape-growing region for those getting-more-famous Arizona wines. I’m not a big wine fan myself, but aficionados say good things. Personally, I’d rather make mead out of locally grown honey and some prickly pear fruits (thanks to Stash on that last hike for the clever idea).
Anyway, I’ve lived here nearly 30 years and never went to Tombstone and Bisbee until this past October. I can’t say either blew me away. There’s some great scenery in Bisbee, and Tombstone oozes Old West kitsch, which can be fun in
certain limited doses. This is where Wyatt Earp and his boys slugged it out during a bloody 30-second gunfight at the OK Corral. You can’t actually see the corral without paying an admission charge, which is really pretty lame.
Down in Bisbee, we walked around some of the shops, including one where some crazy guy picked up a bunch of cow bones and turned it into a radio-controlled contraption. We didn’t stick around for the tour of the Copper Queen mine, which might have actually been fun. Otherwise, Bisbee is mostly a bunch of touristy shops and some funky old buildings. The locals’ houses really took the
prize for individual coolness, though. The colors and decorations would drive just about any homeowners association stooge [...]