More from the Desert in Arizona...

This is a very interesting part of the country...Where Cochise, Many Indians, Matt Dillon, the Clayton Gang, Doc Holiday and other notorious people spent their lives back in the 1800's...

There were the Marshals, the Calvary, the Bounty Hunters, the Miners and the "Ladies of the Evening"...There were Doctors, Lawyers, Pharmacists, Saloon Owners and Cattlemen...I'm sure that there were many other various and sundry of people...like Moms and Dads and Kids, School Teachers and Preachers...There were houses, mines for copper, silver and other precious minerals and stones, there were Churches...Saloons, Brothels, General Stores, Restaurants, One Room School Houses, Stables and many other necessary places and things that were used in that day and time...

In the past few days we have been seeing the results of that era..,,from Fort Huachuca to Tombstone, and Boot Hill...
There were the Indian Wars and the Mexican Wars...That brought the Calvary...The Gun Slingers, and everyone that felt like making a new life in the new country "Out West"...When you see the starkness of the landscape and the topography around here you wonder why anyone ever came here at all...Why they fought for the land...All that there is, is...dirt...cactus...wind...and more of the same...and starting in just a few days it will begin to get really hot...and stay that way 'till next winter...when it will get bitterly cold...lots of wind...you know when the wind blows out here it blows that dirt all over...The starkness of this part of the country really amazes me...In this picture you can see about 20 miles from Arizona 80 over to Ft. Huachuca on Arizona 90...with the snow capped mountains in the background... There is virtually nothing between but dirt, rattle snakes and horny toads...oh yes, there are some Javalinas...they are a member of the Hippopotamus family but they look like hairy wild hogs...

This is a picture of a post card I purchased of the Javalina...and a baby...ugly little beasts, huh???

As we've been driving around this part of the country...we've seen many "homesteads" that are right out in the middle of nowhere...there are no electric lines or phone lines in sight...and this is not an area where there might be underground utilities...Only windmills and solar panels can be seen...and that's only on some of them...I know that the property must be fairly cheep...but really...I just don't get it...

Anyway folks...There is much more to tell but I must stop all this fun and frivolity and fix dinner for "Hubby Mike"...we are both hungry...

'Till next time...