Friday, April 17, 2009

Run for the Border

April Fool's Weekhump

We started calling our three days off "weekhumps" since they come in the middle vs. the end. Humpday is great because we still have another day off.

We drove down to Gold Canyon, AZ to road trip with Nanny & Boppy with stops at Tombstone and Bisbee. Here we are with unregistered weapons at the O.K. Corral. Good thing Boppy is a lawyer.


The town of Bisbee is an old and current mining town right near the border of Mexico.



We rode into the Copper Queen mine on a mini-train back 1500 feet. The mine closed operation in the 80's due to cave-ins above and flooding below our level of entry.



I can't imagine sitting next to a friend on this car. Normal wage was $3.50 and hour. The latrine cleaner got $5.50.







This crew looks too clean to have labored in the mine.






On the drive back, a vortex veered our vehicle straight into Sonoita, AZ and the Southern Arizona wine country. Sounds crazier than wine country in Michigan or Nebraska, but it tasted great.