good morning Tombstone!

After driving from 9 am to 7pm yesterday, we managed to travel from Flagstaff, AZ to a small town in Southern Arizona, Tombstone. We thought it'd be nice to sleep in a bed for once this trip, so we found a cute little motel that is themed "Tombstone". We stayed in the "Morgan Earp" room, and I've got to say, it's a really nice motel.

Last night for dinner, we found the "Longhorn Restaurant" and Dan ordered the "Too Tough To Die" burger, which consisted of 2 half pound patties, three buns, and all the necessary toppings. It was gone in about ten minutes. We finished our much needed meal with some amazing apple cobbler. Yummers.

Today, our plans are to continue East through the Southwest to see some Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico and then work our way over to Carlsbad Caverns. Should be another fun day!

On a side note, racial relations here in the southwest are surprisingly heated. We were warned by locals to not cross the border, as we were initially planning. People here in AZ that live close to the border are being kidnapped from their homes. There were over 23,000 murders in Mexico this past year. And, if you do cross the border, you have to have your passport on you and even then, you might be arrested and thrown in jail for a year for no reason. A popular source of income is to kidnap young people and send body parts home to loved ones for a small ransom. The main reason for all of this violence isn't the Arizona law that was recently passed, but the drug cartels fighting over who gets what border town. How exciting, well, too much excitement for Dan and me. So, we're staying in the states. Don't worry mom.