After staying an extra day in Deming, New Mexico due to high wind advisories against driving on the interstate with large vehicles, we headed to Benson, Arizona for a one night stay on our way to Tucson.  We stayed at an Escapees Co-op park which was great for a one night stop.  It went down to 24 degrees that night and we awoke the next morning to a car covered with a heavy frost.  Bill had a package scheduled to arrive by UPS at the campground the day before, but for some unknown reason the UPS driver could not find the address, so we drove to the UPS store in Sierra Vista to pick up the package.

On the way back from UPS we decided to take another route back to the campground to pick up the RV.  We wanted to see as much of the area as possible, and we were so glad we did because this route took us right through Tombstone, Arizona which we had thought about visiting.

 On this cold morning not many people were out, but we did see a stagecoach  and got feel for the old west feel of the town.  If you enjoy seeing what the old west looked like and watching staged gunfights, this is the place to go.  We stopped by Boothill Graveyard and peeked through the fence at the tombstones.

tombstones

We didn’t have a lot of time to explore since we had to get back to check out by 11:00, but we were glad we had a chance to see what Tombstone, Arizona was all about.  If we are ever in the area again, it would be nice to spend a day strolling down the street like Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty did all those years ago!

We went through yet another border patrol stop, our third since leaving Texas.  They are always very pleasant and we were quickly on our way back to the campground.