Bisbee Mine Tour

We took a trip to Bisbee, Arizona just to see what it looked like!  It is a very small artsy town built on hills.  They have a fun main street full of cute shops.  I didn't get any great pictures of the city but found some here.

Bisbee used to be a mining town and we got to take a peek into the copper mine there.

It was great having our own flashlights.  The helmets on the other hand were ironically a safety hazard.  Sylvia's fell off while on our train ride and nearly derailed the train (I may be exaggerating a bit).  Then, when we were in a cave, Luke's helmet bonked onto Hazel's poor head when he looked up at the ceiling.

Go dig me up some copper, mine man.

Entrance to the Copper mine.

Also, one of the most haunted houses in the U.S. is the Oliver House in Bisbee, AZ, where a mass murder took place.  It is now a bed and breakfast and our good friends have stayed there.  They came back alive.  I really want to stay over at the Shady Dell where you get your own aluminum trailer to sleep in.

Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

On the way to Saint George, Utah, we stopped and walked across the Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.

DAM Great view of the Hoover Dam.

The new bridge is great for us who travel through this way.  Before the bridge there was always a lot of tourist traffic at the dam.

Bridge.

Pat Tillman was an American football player who enlisted in the army and was killed by "friendly fire."

Christmas Picture Books

In our home we celebrate Christmas!  We love the stories and songs.  At the library we found a lot of great Christmas picture books that are new to me. A Dozen Silk Diapers

Baboushka and the Three Kings

When I was a child, living in Los Angeles, our family had a Christmas tradition of visiting Olvera Street, the oldest street in the city, to see the parade of Las Posadas.  I was very excited when I came across these two books.

Pedro: The Angel of Olvera Street

The Night of Las Posadas