Ms. Lara and I headed down to Bisbee last weekend to take in the great Arizona landscape. You don’t know how much you don’t know about your own state until you are about to leave it. My friend from work suggested a cool motel idea. It is called the Shady Dell which is an old time refurbished trailer park with all these old trailers from the 50’s/60’s era. Sounded cool enough so we packed a bag and headed on down.
The trip down was easy enough until the minutiae of trying to find the street the park is on. Lara and I do great when we know where the hell we are going. I don’t think it is just me but I get kind of mad if I am driving and the passenger doesn’t know where we are going. I don’t believe I am the only one though. This wasn’t her fault but we got into a tiff anyways. The rest of the drive down was fun and we got to have good talks about different subjects. It’s something about road trips that you can have full conversations you can’t always have in town. Maybe it is that the alternative is silent driving which no one is a fan of.
We get down to our trailer for the night and we decided to stay in the El Ray which is this beauty here:
It was a really cool trailer. No real bathroom (just a toliet) but it is the ambiance we went for which was amazing. Lara went to take a shower at the close by bathrooms which left me to fend for myself. Lara’s departure was perfect because our trailer was under attack. A bee had infiltrated our humble abode and it was up to me to conquer. These pictures tell the story:
The bee-
The apple cookie jar-
Victory-
Insurance-
The next morning we got up and headed into Bisbee proper to see the beautiful town. The main Bisbee attraction is the Mine Tour so we headed up the hill to partake. The mine was amazingly cool and amazingly cold. We got jackets, a helmet and a light. Dress up, I’m sold. Time to check out the shaft:
Bisbee. A must for anyone in the AZ.
::I think Fozzie is the best muppet::you live and you learn -- or you don't live long. ~robert a. heinlein~
