Fort Huachuca, AZ

I had a entry awhile back about our stay at the home of the  Buffalo Soldier. I then talked about Tombstone, and the Earps.

The area is filled with Old West History. We were privileged to drive up to the Chiricahua Monument.  Now I am used to a monument being a statue or something like The Washington Monument, or Lincoln Memorial, imagine my surprise when it was a huge plot of land dedicated to the Chiricahua Indians. The formations are something like the ones in Utah at the Arches National Park.  Very interesting indeed.

On the way to the Monument we went to Wilcox, AZ.

One of my favorite singing Cowboys. Always with that hat on the back of his head. It is said that he was the only true COWBOY  of all the singing cowboys, he was raised on a ranch and knew which end of a horse could bite.  The museum is like most small museums, GREAT and not well attended.

There were a wealth of ghost towns around these parts, over 30 dead towns, from the days of Silver mining.

Just South of Wilcox is Cochise Strong hold. A place for the tribe and Cochise to live and no one could flush them out.

Sherry at the only entrance to the Strong Hold.

There was even more to see. We went south, near the Mexican border and went into a cave that we had to crawl into the entrance. It is owned by the State, but has never been set up for tourists. We were allowed to go in if we had enough flash lights, they required at least two.

Very big cave once inside but very eerie. AND so dark it ate up the light from the flash lights.

That area of Arizona is great to visit.

Thanks for coming by the log.

Nite Shipslog

PS:

Observations on Ladies Growing Older

***** Your mascara clumps , and your eyebrows are disappearing.
***** You don't have hair under your arms and very little on your legs, but your chin needs to be plucked daily.
*****What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

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This seems to be very unique, a 4 door convertible.1935 Ford