Leslie and Lew's Life: Tombstone

After visiting San Antonio, we drove I-10 all the way to Las Cruces, New Mexico. We stopped off at a designer boot store in El Paso, Texas and mommy got a pair of "cowgirl" boots. We tried to find Jackson a pair, but they didn't have his size. Needless to say...he was devastated. However, the next day we visited Tombstone, Arizona and found a pair of cowboy boots for Jackson. Crisis averted! http://www.cityoftombstone.com/

In Tombstone, the boys got to visit the old western town complete with shootouts, saloons and wagons. Jackson showed off his new boots to passersby and Charlie had a blast checking out the statues of Indians and Cowboys.

We arrived in town at the perfect time. There was a shootout at the OK Corral with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday and their gang fighting Billy the Kid and his gang. While watching the shootout in town, Charlie yelled out: "Ow" and "Oh No!" as the men eventually fell to the ground dying. The only ones left standing were Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday as they scooped up their fellow compatriots and headed to the infirmary for medical attention.

We went into Big Nose Kate's saloon for lunch. This was the saloon where Vernon Earp (Wyatt's brother) was killed after a poker game went bad. There was a piano player that LOVED Charlie and it had the longest, cherrywood, hand-carved bar in the Western US. There were cowboys and authentic townsfolk sitting about us "foreigners" as we ate our meal. We felt like we were actually in the 1800s! It was amazing.

Henry spent most of his time taking a little cowboy nap. The trip to Tombstone was definitely worth the trip! We all had a great time.

Jackson with the Earp/Holiday gang! Doc is far left and Wyatt is third from the left.

Walking down Main Street. Thankfully the "High Noon" shootout was already over.

Charlie grooving to the music at Big Nose Kate's Saloon.

Lunch for the cowboy at Big Nose Kate's

Outlaw Charlie "Fast Foot" Lewallen caught alive for a reward of $1000.00. Escaped 10 minutes later and is still at large. Warning this outlaw is considered dangerous and will spill paint with reckless abandon.