We just can't seem to get enough of this ATV thing! Yesterday we went on a super long ride with 12 other units, probably a total of 24 people. We chummed mostly with Pat and Charlie from Sierra Vista, but also met quite a nice guy, Chuck, a retired SEC judge from Tucson.An example of the scenery we see!
Our ride left near Tombstone for China Camp. Beautiful weather! We headed for Pearce, a small mining town that had seen better days. Here is Ellen in front of the general store 'downtown' Pearce, which is only open the weekend following Thanksgiving. We were told the inside is like a museum, chock full of historic artifacts.
Ellen in front of the General Store
We saw remnants of the Ghost Town of Courtland, mostly foundations but also a still standing building that looked like a prison or a bank. My guess is that it was a bank, as it looked too 'fancy' for a jail.True enough all windows had bars on them, either to keep people in or keep them out.
We went on to Gleeson, another mining town that does not have much left...but you can see several foundations and partial buildings left as the mine played out.
A neat stop was Rattlesnake Crafts, an amazing place run by husband and wife, who hunt rattlers, and then make anything imaginable from the snake---knife sheaths, wallets, lighter covers, etc.
The cool thing about this place is rail and fence after fence with found objects hanging and displayed all along the roadway. Collections of tools, implements, small appliances, bottles, toys, license plates, and on and on. Just about anything one could imagine. It was like a rusty outdoor museum.
Ellen and Pat Schaffer at Rattlesnake Crafts
The ride totaled over 73 miles, and we sure were tuckered out when we made it back to load the Honda onto our F450.
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