{"id":668,"date":"2018-11-12T22:34:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T22:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lessintents.com\/?p=668"},"modified":"2018-11-12T22:34:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T22:34:34","slug":"day-115-wednesday-10-31-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lessintents.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/day-115-wednesday-10-31-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 115 \u2013 Wednesday 10\/31\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tripometer \u2013 12,863 mi<\/p>\n

Gas Gauge \u2013\u00a0 963.196 gal<\/p>\n

Location \u2013 Tombstone RV Park & Campground, AZ<\/p>\n

Lodging \u2013 $37<\/p>\n

Cans of OFF \u2013 4<\/p>\n

Halloween!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After getting ahead on her work yesterday, Kelly was able to get away from work a little early today. We went back into Tombstone to hit a couple of the attractions that we missed over the first two days. We were also hoping for a spooky time given the fact that we are in a town called Tombstone on Halloween.<\/p>\n

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Tombstone was founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin after finding what was to become the largest silver strike in Arizona\u2019s history. According to some estimates, over the course of mining operations in Tombstone, Ed Schieffelin\u2019s mines would bring in $40 to $80 million dollars or $1.1 to $2.3 billion dollars in today\u2019s money. Our first stop was the \u2018Good Enough Mine,\u2019 the most accessible of the original Tombstone silver mines. We took a 30 minute tour of the silver mine with a very authentic looking miner and enjoyed hearing how hard rock mining was done 150 years ago (by hand with a lot of hard work).<\/p>\n

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On the way out of the mine, Ranger spotted his first donkey just outside of the mine\u2019s entrance. Thinking this would be a good opportunity to introduce Ranger to farm animals, Paul allowed Ranger to get too close and the donkey took offence (immediately following the picture above). The donkey (Jenny) lowered her head and started advancing on both Paul and Ranger with obvious ill intent. If it weren\u2019t for the quick action of Kelly and the tour guide, we think either Paul or Ranger would have received a rather nasty donkey bite.<\/p>\n

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After hitting a few different shops in town not on the main street, we topped off Halloween in Tombstone by visiting the Boot Hill Cemetery to walk amongst the gravestones as the sun set. Our first stop in the cemetery was to the graves of Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, and Billy Clanton — the three men killed in the gunfight at the OK Corral. Much to our delight, there was a wedding ceremony going on at the back of the graveyard. We didn\u2019t want to be obnoxious so we grabbed a shot of the happy couple, elderly officiant dressed in 1880\u2019s top and tails and what must have been the officiant\u2019s wife dressed as a ghostly bride. We\u2019re not quite sure what type of people get married on Halloween in the Boot Hill cemetery, but we think they\u2019re guaranteed to be interesting people.<\/p>\n

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We honestly expected that Tombstone would have bloomed a bit on Halloween. We thought we\u2019d see a lot more people in town celebrating the day. Sadly, the town was just as dead on Halloween as on any other weekday. Maybe last weekend was crazy busy? Or maybe we\u2019re just weird, thinking this makes a neat destination for Halloween.<\/p>\n

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Special Note: <\/b>Where are all of the old horse-drawn wagons and carriages on the East Coast? In the west we see pre-automobile wagons, coaches, and other equipment constantly. Frequently we\u2019ve seen these types of vehicles decaying in fields and behind houses rather than being used for whatever purpose. We can recall being excited as kids to see something so old at home. Perhaps the weather preserves them better than the tropical jungle-like weather that we have in Maryland?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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