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- Dec 23, 2024, 8:19 AM
- ☀️ 3 °C
- Altitude: 1,597 m
United StatesCivic Center Historic District39°44’20” N 104°59’12” W
Benson, Bisbee and Tombstone AZ

We are "camping" at a friend's house in Benson AZ at the Arizona Legends RV Park. We met Dan and Rosa Bush in 2018 while workamping at Amazon in Indianapolis. We saw them once in Alabama a year later and have kept in touch on facebook. They invited us to stay on their extra lot for $10 a night to cover electricy which I think is more than fair. They fed us a wonderful prime rib Christmas dinner along with 6 other couples. We learned a new game of card "Shit on your neighbor" and had a blast playing it with everyone. Even played for money the 2nd day and both Jerry and I won enough quarters to restock our laundry money! LOL. Dan also cooked a huge Pork loin and cut it into chops which was even better than the prime rib! Rosa's sister Annie brought that. After Xmas Jerry and I began working on chores. Our steps broke so we went to Tucson to get a part and Jerry fixed it ($171). We checked out where the GI dr is. We looked at lots of campground in Tucson to pick one to move to. We watched Dan's band "the Grey" perform at another campground. They were entertaining. We also visited Kartchner Caverns (the visitors center and did a 1 mile hike...we didn't do the cavern tour). I'd love to go do some more hikes there. We also spent our Anniversary (#40) taking a day trip to Tombstone and Bisbee. I was very disappointed in Tombstone. Sure there's a cool old looking dirt road to walk down but every place you go they want money to get in. We paid $30 to take a 15 minute stagecoach ride tour that was a total waste of money. I was really not enjoying it. We ate lunch there at Big Nose Kate's which was very noisy because they had a mucisian playing and the food was just overpriced bar food. I had a $10 hot dog with potato chips. UGHHHH. I really don't like these types of places. After that we drove to Bisbee and Lowell, both old towns with a lot of character, street art, good coffee and food and just lovely. We both really enjoyed exploring the area. We had dinner at Cafe Roka, advertised as casual fine dining. The food was wonderful as was the service. It was $100 which we normally don't spend on ourselves but hey it was our anniversary and I'm so glad we opted for that vs going to Olive Garden! My only complaints were that I got 2 lobster ravioli (gave one to Jerry) and was hoping to get 3 or 4 and they were only "warm". Also we had to pay for bread when it should just come with the meal. And the ambiance wasn't as unique or memorable as I'd hoped for. I was facing the back of the bar where the garbage and coffee machines were. I would totally go back though! We loved that area and may just go back again. Next up was a hair cut for me, getting a new windshield which got broke in spots during our tow here, and picking out our next campground. I love getting to stay here for cheap, but I just feel more comfortable in a campground.Read more