Going down to Bisbee
What do you do when you’ve been laid off and are waiting to start your next job? Hit the road Jack. We recently took advantage of a short hiatus for Val and spent a few delightful days in Southeastern Arizona. I had to have a book along and was fortunate to find Going back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton. We more or less traced the authors route while gaining historical and natural tidbits from his book. The drive from Phoenix to Tuscon is flat out ugly, but from scenic state route 83 onwards is a treat.
We stopped by several wineries in Sonoita. Quite a contrast to Sonoma/Napa of course but this wide open range land on gently rolling hills surrounded by bedrock mountains is just as pretty in it’s own way. Full size pics are available from links on each pic page. 
In Bisbee we stayed at a funky restored miners shack called The Sleepy Dog Guest House. This was the first road trip for Maynard, the funky stub-legged dog whose been with us for about 6 months now. We spent a good deal of time hiking the hills north of the old town as well as the hills and stairways in town. The miners homes were built on terraces interconnected by a complex network of concrete steps. It’s still tricky to navigate among some of the vacation homes clustered about the hills. Makes you wonder how people get the bigger stuff moved about.
Here’s a bit of what the house we stayed in looks like:
I’ve scattered some pics through the gallery in my “unorganized by event or place” fashion. You’ll find a couple of fun macros and some graffiti. Plus an art car shot and one of the long stairways to nowhere. Most notably to our family, I’ve included the first online shots of Maynard, who’s turned out to be a real cool fool of a dog. Here he is doing Rin Tin Tin on the lookout for the ghost of Geronimo…
Ain’t that cute. Gotta love it man, yep.
And the night sky is freaking incredible down there 
