5-17-09 Sunday (Photoless Cameras)

The new A/C setup has been working out very well!  Bisbee isn’t as hot as Tempe/Mesa/Phoenix but at 90 degrees, that’s still pretty hot.  During the heat of the day, we’ve gotten the inside to about 70 degrees.  Not bad, huh? 

A wild animal update.  The name of the feared animal here is Javelina.  I’ve read up on these and found that they aren’t much of a threat.  The folks at the RV park make it sound like they will shred your flesh with just a simple stare.  Website excerpt: Though some people think javelina are a type of wild pig, they are actually members of the peccary family, a group of hoofed mammals originating from South America. Javelina are common in much of central and southern Arizona, including the outskirts of the Phoenix area, most of Tucson, and occasionally as far north as Flagstaff. Javelina form herds of two to more than 20 animals and rely on each other to defend territory, protect against predators, regulate temperature and interact socially. They use washes and areas with dense vegetation as travel corridors. Javelina are most active at night, but may be active during the day when it's cold. I think I’ll worry more about the coyotes and bobcats.

Jim took a nap, whilst I went to the hot tub.  I almost fell asleep in it.  It was definitely relaxing.  In a 103 degree hot tub, in a 90 degree desert?  Yeah, but the wind here is wicked so it feels cool against wet skin.  Oh, and with this wind, they’ll be no main awning usage going on here.  We don’t need any repeats of all the awning messes we’ve had.

After a long day of nothingness, we went on a ghost tour.  Website excerpt: The Old Bisbee Ghost Tour is the only one of its kind. Your Ghost Host will lead you on this walking tour through Old Bisbee’s streets, stairways, and old alleys after dark on an adventure to discover and learn about the ghosts that haunt this hundred twenty five-year-old town. Learn their history and favorite haunts while seeing Old Bisbee when very few do, after sunset. Visit the haunts of Julia a Lady of the Evening, who enjoys the company of married men staying alone in her room, Nat the miner who owed money to the Money Man and paid for it with his life, and the Lady in White who saved the lives of three children.

My review: This was pretty good.  I could live without the ghost stories but the overall town history was worth it.  Apparently Bisbee is very popular for ghost hunting.  As we walked around the town, we passed some areas we had walked yesterday and entered some cool areas this evening. Photos don’t come out so well in the dark but we can go back to the interesting areas during the day. 

Above:  Famous hotel.

Above: Famous hotel. 

Above: Tour guide in front of the mining museum. 

Above: Tour guide leads the way carrying a real oil lantern.

 

Above: Mural in the post office showing what old downtown looked like.

 

Above: View of downtown

 

Above: There was a ghost story about the owner who lives upstairs and his ghost dog.

 

Above: This Penneys is gone now but it’s name is still in the ground. Across the street was a Woolworth.

 

Above: The guide said take a picture and sometimes a ghost may show up.  See the ghostly flash.  I wasn’t even using flash.  I didn’t even have a camera!

 

Above: Back of some buildings.  The alley showed it’s historical age.

 

Above: In front of some lady’s home.  It was told to us that she had these statues made during 9/11 and had one statue look down at ground zero.  The other looks to the heavens.  Sends shivers down my spine.

    Above: There was stuff like this all over some guy’s (artist) house.  It will be interesting to get more photos in the day light.