Since I'm a total sucker for all things Tourist Trap, I swung by Tombstone, AZ today (a quick detour off I-10!). The Man in Black made the Boot Hill Graveyard famous with this ballad, and he wasn't lying. There really was a Lester Moore shot by 4 slugs from a .44.
I also noticed this gravestone:
Whoa! "Chinaman" is not the preferred nomenclature, but I suppose not being bigoted was a low priority for a mining/outlaw/prostitution town in the late 19th century. Interesting history nonetheless.
10 March 2009
Way Up On Boot Hill
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Nice Lebowski reference.
Be sure and stop in NM to see Billy the Kid's grave. Don't you just love the West?
My college roommate and I took a road trip just to visit Tombstone. Did you stop at the Bird Cage theater?
Bag Blog,
Yeah, I like all parts of America for different reasons. So far in my travels I've been to CA, AZ, NM, and West Texas, and it's been a blast. Although I wish I hadn't gotten Strep Throat 3 days ago forcing me to check into an El Paso Army Hospital. That part wasn't cool.
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