Tombstone TTRV Field Trip: December 2013

Our TTRV activity director, Anne, led a group of RV'rs over to the quintessential tourist trap in Arizona; Tombstone.

What can you day about Tombstone?  Everything we know we learned in either of the two famous movies on the town; "Tombstone" starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, and Sam Elliott, or "Wyatt Earp" starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Gene Hackman.


Tombstone is an interesting town, and one you should see at least once.  There is a lot of history here from the mines, to the saloons, to the famous shootout at the OK Corrall.  Actors in authentic western garb parade the streets hawking gunfight shows, stagecoach rides, mine tours, etc.

There is an excellent museum housed inside the old Tombstone Court House.  It's also morbidly interesting to walk out into the exercise yard and see the gallows where several unlucky individuals were hanged for their crimes.

The TTRV group had lunch at the Crystal Palace Saloon.

Boot Hill, where many of the residents of Tombstone in the 1880's now reside, is interesting, and is managed and maintained well by the City of Tombstone.  BB and I didn't go to Boot Hill on this trip, but plan on going again in the future.

Here are some photos from our TTRV Tombstone Field Trip:

The Bird Cage Theatre

Sign at the Crystal Palace Saloon

Interesting Art (Rated PG?)

The TTRV Crew (Left Side from Front - Paul, Bonnie, Georgia and Art), (Right Side from front - Fred, Mary Ann and Anne)

Tombstone Courthouse and Museum

Till next time.