First thing I wanted to do is map the entire trip out so we don't forget what we did and where we went. Wow, what a crooked path, but those are always the best. We get tips about things to do and see as we go along.
It felt great to sleep in this morning. Deb found a few things in a store down the street so we could have coffee and tea this morning. Bisbee really has no large grocery store. My back is still a little stiff, but not bad so a few days R&R are in order. I suspect it was sitting in a car for two weeks that was the problem, but I'll find out on the way back when we blast back across in half the time.
Our place is very comfy. To get to our place you either climb 95 steps up (I counted) or about the same up to a high street and then walk down the street. Bisbee is an old mining town where at it's peak it had 9900 people living here so they built houses on all the side hills. I'll bet their high school track team kicked butt with those kids getting all that exercise all those years.
Being the weekend, there were tourists (us included) walking around the shops. It was not really that busy with people and you can park anywhere on the street with out a problem. Saturday night we walked up to a bar/pizza place and chatted with a local guy who taught at the high school and is now retired. From what he told us and what I have seen other places a lot of hippies moved here in the 1960's and 70's and never left. Small enough (5500 pop) where most folks know each other. I am guessing tourism is their big business. Sierra Vista is the big town (with the big grocery stores) so it's kind of like us in Starksboro with Burlington nearby.
I slept in and started reading one of the few books that I brought (the back thanked me). Deb spent the morning walking the route of the Bisbee 1000, which is an annual race they do around town where you climb 1000 steps on a route that goes up and down the hills through the neighborhood. She is leading a walking tour in Georgia in a couple weeks and is worried about being in shape enough for it. I did a few hundred steps today to stretch my back out and check out the town. Temperatures are in the 50's, maybe 60 and it is mixed clouds. The air is dry and when the sun comes out it warms you up nicely.
We ran over to the big grocery store toward Sierra Vista and stocked up on stuff so we can eat meals in our place which has full amenities (stove, laundry, all the usual stuff).
Then it was SuperBowl!! Everything happens TV wise, earlier since we are 2 time zones away. Someone told Deb we have to go to "Tables", the restaurant / bar down the street whith the biggest, most es (word?) TV's to watch the superbowl. We sat at the bar with an army guy from Boston and a couple from Cape Cod and the Ram's fans sat on the other side of the room, we so had two cheering sections. Gotta say, not too exciting game, but an enjoyable evening spent chatting with folks and watching the game.
We walked back up the street which was pretty much empty since the weekend folks went back home, leaving the town pleasantly empty. Nice intro day to Bisbee.
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