I became a great aunt in November. My niece Bethany had Baby Aubrey Shae, and I always screw up and call her Audrey. . . just another thing I suck at! Anyways, I don't get to see her often, but this was the last time I did, and these are my two favorite pictures!
Spring Break happened in March. We wanted to go to Kartchner Caverns, but we didn't buy our tickets early enough. We went to Colossal Cave and Tombstone instead.
Here's my most vivid memory of the whole trip: using the toilet! My God, I wanted to die! I almost puked, was actually dry heaving! When ya got to pee, ya got to pee though! It was a "green" toilet. You know, one of those kinds that collects all the crap and doesn't flush? I still have flashbacks! My favorite sayings (that I could hear between gagging) were: "There's something green way down there" and "Well there was something green AND some red in mine!" I truly was thinking that if God could strike me dead, it would have been OK. I know that Hell is going to be full of these "green" toilets! It was also really great when Lace told Shell about the colors in her toilet ever so loudly in the museum! I am not a nature person, and to quote my favorite detective Monk, "Nature is bad!"
Boothill was the first stop in Tombstone. It was OK. I took a lot of pictures of the graves, because I'm morbid like that, but I will not post them all.
The last stop of the day was the Tombstone we all think of...the OK Corral and such. It probably is quite amazing. They are still old-fashioned, and everything closed at 5. So, we were very rushed, since we didn't arrive until about 4ish.
(One of the most exciting pictures. . .who knew balls were so talented?)
After getting out of jail, we went to check out the petting zoo. Again, nature is really not my thing, but the animal poo smell was still better than the 'green' bathroom! They gave all the animals funny little names, and that was really the best part.
This is Calamity Jane, a pissed off, one eyed, largest chicken in the world. I don't know if the largest or chicken part are true, but the pissed off and one eyed part are! I don't really like animals, so I didn't bother to take pictures of the others.
We had to walk quickly to get in to the OK Corral before it closed.
I have never been so shocked or disappointed in my life. The gunfight did NOT even happen in the Corral, but outside in a lot beside it! AND...the biggest shock of all? Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the others were the BAD guys! Holy crap! I always thought that they were the good guys.
The kids loved the noose...I will admit, I have thought of stringing them up over the years, but never imagined they'd be so excited about it!
(Andy likes to close his eyes while he hangs himself.)
PS: TAKE NOTE OF LACE'S HAIR BOWS. . .I MADE THEM!! AWESOME!
Next we saw the jail. Jail hasn't made a lot of changes over the years, they still like using the bar technique today!
PS: TAKE NOTE OF LACE'S HAIR BOWS. . .I MADE THEM!! AWESOME!
Next we saw the jail. Jail hasn't made a lot of changes over the years, they still like using the bar technique today!
After getting out of jail, we went to check out the petting zoo. Again, nature is really not my thing, but the animal poo smell was still better than the 'green' bathroom! They gave all the animals funny little names, and that was really the best part.
We had to walk quickly to get in to the OK Corral before it closed.
And finally, the second best picture of the day: