Day 7 in Arizona

We checked out at 9:30 and headed south. We spent the day in Tombstone, AZ, home of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral. It was a hot one... 90 degrees again. We brought plenty of bottled water with us. The town is still old looking (although it is a totally modern tourist trap). Dirt streets, and many of the buildings have some of the original structure, although much of the original stuff burned in the two fires that swept through the town.


Everyone walks around in period dress, and you routinely hear gunshots, and then see someone come flying out a door with another yelling, "NO GUNS IN MY RESTAURANT!" It's pretty funny!
We ate lunch at the longhorn restaurant (NOT the chain, but the original one from back in the day). Then we spent a few minutes in the museum before the 2pm reenactment of the big gunfight. Here are Adam and Nick in front of a "jail".


The gunfight was fun. They did a four part show... Legends of the West, The night before the showdown, the actual gunfight, and the shooting of Virgil Earp.




When it was over, we got a picture of Adam and Nick standing with the Earp Brothers and Doc Holliday (with the "attitude" look on their faces to match the attitude of the showdown... LOL!).

There was no shade or cover during the show, so we headed for the ice cream parlor to cool off. Then we went to get our copies of the Tombstone Epithat, and we caught a VERY expensive stagecoach ride!!!!

It was a narrated tour through the streets, telling the history of the town, and showing where different people lived (and died). Neat, but NOT worth $30.
We headed back to Phoenix exhausted. However, we took a small detour on the way and stopped at the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Farm for some pictures.... VERY COOL!



As we neared Phoenix, we saw the most beautiful sunset... a perfect way to end a perfect vacation....

We arrived at our hotel at 7:30, ordered pizza, and let the boys unwind wrestling. We turned on ESPN to discover that the Red Sox beat the Yankees 11-4 AT Yankee Stadium.... sweet! Lights out for the kiddos at 9:30. It's been a VERY exciting week, but I think we are ALL ready to go home sweet home!