Our motorhome home is still parked at Belle Starr’s Silverado Ranch…13 miles west of Douglas, Arizona.
Yesterday was a busy day for us. So today you get five Blog entries for the price of one!
Blog #1 – John Slaughter Ranch
Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a cattle baron in Arizona in the late 1800’s? We did…so we went to find out.
To read all about the Slaughter Ranch, click this link…
http://www.slaughterranch.com
First we drove the 13 miles to Douglas, Arizona. Then we continued on this dirt road for another 16 miles. Since we were so close to the Mexico Border…we saw a Border Patrol vehicle about every one mile along the way…
As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view...
Here’s a Google Earth image of the ranch house area where we visited.The Mexican Border is only 600 feet away…
Here are five other photos. Whenever you can see a brown-poled fence…that’s the Mexico Border…
To see the other 43 photos that I took, click this link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/JohnSlaughterRanch
We spent a very enjoyable 2.5 hours wandering the grounds.
Then we once again drove the 16 dusty miles back to Douglas, Arizona for…
Blog #2 – The Gadsden Hotel
To read about the Gadsden Hotel, click this link…
http://hotelgadsden.com/
Here are some photos that I took….
To see the other 22 photos that I took, click this link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/TheGadsdenHotelDouglasArizona
We spent an enjoyable hour wandering the hotel and eating lunch in their fancy dining room.
Then a few blocks away to
Blog #3 – It’s The Only Place In The World That You Will See this!
At least according to the visitors brochure for Douglas, Arizona. Church Square is the only block in the World that has a church on each corner! Here’s a Google Earth view…
E is for Episcopalian……
B is for Baptist…
M is for Methodist…
P is for Presbyterian…
It’s always fun to see a one in the world thing!
Then a few blocks to…
Blog #4 – The Big Disappointment…
In 2004, at the end on my 16,000+ mile RV trip through Mexico and Central America…we re-entered the United States at Douglas, Arizona. We went to the local Safeway to shop for groceries and quite by accident parked under the Safeway sign which we took as a blessing that we had managed such a long journey without any major mishaps and returned safely to the United States. We asked a passing woman to take our photo…
Since we plan to depart Douglas tomorrow morning…I thought it would be fun to park our current motorhome under the Safeway sign and take a similar photo. But surprise…the sign and Safeway are gone! Something that was not there in 2004, across the street, A WalMart SuperCemter, has apparently run them out of business. So much for nostalgia!.
Here’s an interesting aside. The way the crow flies…presumably in a straight line…it’s a little more than 2,500 miles to Portebello, Panama…the furthest southern point reached during our journey. By road the most direct route…add about another 1,000 miles. Here’s a Google Earth image to give you some perspective…
Then just five blocks away to…
Blog #5 – Agua Prienta, Sonora, Mexico...
Mary wanted to add to her list of border crossings into Mexico. So we walked across the border and down a few blocks of the main drag and we were back in the United States in 25 minutes. Not much going on a Sunday afternoon in this rather lackluster border town. Here are some photos that I took…
Another full and fun day in the RVing lifestyle!
All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
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