Road Trip - day 11 - Monday

We lazed around this morning, after a very good nights sleep. Too late
for the free breakfast so we stopped in the Circle K for coffee and Diet
Coke and then headed off to see Tombstone, a real western town! It only
took about 30 minutes and we were there. Its nice but really not all
that exciting. We checked out all the shops but really found nothing
interesting. The visitors center had brochures for Bisbee, an old mining
town that hasn't changed all that much in 100 years (probably because
they couldn't afford it!). It was compared to New Hope (among others)
and we thought that enough reason to check it out. Its a very scenic
ride and both Deb and I agreed that the area before Bisbee would make a
fine location for our winter home, when we retire ;-)
The town of Bisbee has a remarkable feel of authenticity as an old
western mining town. In fact the copper mine is still a working mine.
The town itself is filled with little shops, mostly artistry of one type
or another.
In one shop I did find some treasures, an odd sized comic book, b & w
with a superhero cover and what looked like Timely reprints inside.
Cover price was 15p which I assume makes it british. Also an old Keith
Laumer, Retief paperback, and lastly... Well, no, can't mention that one
as it will make a good christmas present if I manage not to lose it
until then!
Our options were to backtrack or take the "scenic" route 80 and wind
down into Douglas before heading back up and into New Mexico. Douglas
has signs for truck route 80, and scenic route (or was it historical
route?). We chose the latter which lead us to a dead end where we
encountered the Mexico border fence. We went left and eventually got
back to the highway which in turn took us to "the Land of Enchantment"
New Mexico.
New Mexico is mostly flat and although grassier than Arizona, has very
little vegetation over a few feet high.
As we headed north to Albuquegue the wind started blowing pretty
fiercely. The scenery stayed pretty much the same but with lots of hills
and mountains. We stopped at a Sonic Drive-in for dinner and then drove
for another 2 hours, passing Albuquergue and staring east on 40, and
settled in for the night in the town of Moriarty.

Bruce and Debbie

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