This photo was taken by Cody Recker Friday night May 24th 2019

Tombstone, Az … Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan all had a hand in the history of this iconic town… I decided we better be apart of that history as well. May 25-27 is Wyatt Earp Days with gun fights, all types of characters and just a hint of a tourist trap.

With my wife and I all Cowboyed up, a spirit of old timey adventure and a free weekend  we headed out. Knowing we would want to stay over night we found a bed and breakfast, (with a haunted Picture frame detailing the life of Morgan Earp,the lesser known brother) drove the scenic route on Hwy 83 and then Hwy 82 and discovered a past life in Tombstone.

Met a man playing a harmonica in a Tattoo Parlor, drank a whiskey with a top notch Wyatt look-a-like, watched a gun fight and walked the same streets these famous gun slingers once walked. We also took a late night ghost tour which was nice because we were the only ones on the tour.

Feeling like we were in a West world episode, the gun slingers get shot, hit the ground, play dead and then after the smoke clears, the on lookers move along and the scene is over they all get back up, dust off and reset the next day to be apart of someones new adventure.

Of course the saloons and gift shops bring you back to reality, but for the most part you can roam the small town and enjoy a root beer, a good steak sandwich or talk to the characters on the covered wooden board walks. The overall feel of the town allowed us to have fun and keep in a cowboy character.

Below is Bingo card for tombstone I made for my wife… she found almost all of the squares except for the Monocle and a bunny… the bunnies go hiding once the sun comes up.

Above, a stop into Big Nose Kate’s for an ice cold Coors light… I wish the fake stained glass came out better in my pictures.

With enough history to fill a weekend, and more old buildings to check off the historical site, the last one to check off was going up to Boothill, the cemetery, where everyone of the whos who of Tombstone rest in the full Arizona sun.  I am glad I did not live in those hard times, but with a place in my heart as a cowboy (I was a cowboy as a little boy) it was a fun weekend and I thanked my wife for recommending, reserving and setting up this “I will be your huckleberry” adventure.

This photo was taken by Cody Recker Friday night May 24th 2019