Benson Arizona sits just about 50 miles north of the Mexican border in a valley surrounded by mountains. The difference between the Texas gulf coast and the high deserts of southern Arizona are startling. We have not seen them yet, but this RV park has javelinas visit at night. A few miles south of here is the town of Tombstone, made famous by the gunfight at the OK Corral. The town is a fun place to visit with its many shops, eateries, tours, and of course, the reenactment of the gunfight itself in just about the exact spot where it happened on October 26, 1881. Another day, we drove a little southwest of town to Kartchner Caverns State Park. We didn’t know about this site until we got here, but it is one of the more popular parks in southern AZ. The cave tours are currently. sold out for the next six weeks! The trails around the park still offer some real desert beauty. At one point, we crossed out of the state park into the Coronado National Forest.

The streets of Tombstone 
No mail deliveries, but fun tours

Doc comes out to greet the crowd. 
The Clanton’s are in town

Fire 
Morgan, Virgil, Wyatt, and Doc

The desert is coming alive in spring 
Claudia and Digger are enjoying their hike

Breathtaking landscapes 
After some of my bosses, these are not so scary