Ghost Town, Fairbank Arizona and more good friends arrived.

Where are we today ?

Quail Ridge Resort Huachuca City AZ

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      A great sleep last night, windows open and a light cool breeze gotta love it. Another nice sunrise and walkabout the park at 7 am for about a mile or so, before it gets too warm to be out in the direct sun.

these HUGE agave here in the park
make tequila out of them
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lotsa bunnies all ove this park

not sure what this bird is
very pretty.
Red Jay maybe? 

so pretty

            Today we are going to check out a ghost town, Fairbank Arizona, just 10 miles due east of us. It was once one of the largest cities in the west. And was the closest railroad stop to Tombstone Arizona. With three major railroads coming through the area beside the Pecos river. Late 1800's to the mid 1900's.

This is the School house/visitor centre
 open fri,sat and sun
 but the ghost town is open 7 days a week
dawn till dusk

     A few buildings left to take a look at and just imagine what this booming town would have been like 100 plus years ago 5 saloons,hotel, general store, school house, and over 300 people living and working here.

the school house

   We walked the trail to the Pecos river where train track and train station were.

train right of way

part of one of the old train stations

under the train bridge to the river

Pecos river pretty low here in the spring

school teacher's house

The old general store, Post office, jail, saloon
Gas station, over the years
closed in 1976 after the railway
was stopped.

     We stopped into the school house and visitor info, open only open Fri,Sat and Sun the host was a wealth of info about the area.

olde school house

       Below is a sketch/map of the town done in 1937  by a former resident.

Coati, Racoon like animal
read about it HERE
a childs stuffded toy at the store

   We enjoyed this very nice outing and look into the past. and home by 11 am
Just in time to whip up lunch.

chicken Quesadilla for Suzie today
done on  our Weber Q

she loved it  and for me. my homemade
chicken noodle soup

     Now to enjoy a very nice warm afternoon in the shade. did get to 92 f (33c) but no humidity so was quite comfortable in the shade, on the direct sun, not so much.

      While enjoying our reading time, noticed a neighbour had a kite in the air not too far fropm us, nice that we could enjoy it with them.

       Then about 3 pm we had good friends Rob and Pat pulled in and parked right behind us. Nice to catch up with them again.They are like us making their way back to Ontario for the summer months.

they snagged a site right behind us

they made it in time for Happy Hour, so we had time
to catch up with our travels again

  Then time for us to whip up supper. Tonight a couple of apple spiced sausage we picked up in Julian California. Where we did day trip up the mountains for our apple pie treat from Borrego Springs.

they smell awesome
and tasted amazing

added to our salad
and more leftovers for lunches 

      Another great high desert day cooler than other places and we enjoyed every minute of it.
      Thanks for taking the time to stop by and hope your day was a wonderful as ours

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