Great news on the camping info~ The Double Adobe Campground will be totally empty for us and can handle all of us- It's an old KOA so it has all of the shower / bathroom amenities, inside meeting area, 20 foot picnic tables, FIRE is OK, pets are OK, hookups if you have an RV, grass, etc....

DOUBLE ADOBE CAMPGROUND & RECREATIONAL RANCH 80 campsites. Located 10 miles from Historic Bisbee. Full hookups and camping available. Laundry & shower facilities. Clubhouse. Restaurant open October through May. Rates: RV's $14 and up. Camping: $10
5057 W. Double Adobe Rd.
McNeal, AZ 85617
phone: 520-364-4000
toll-free: 800-694-4242
http://doubleadobe.com/
If you want to stay in a hotel, here is the link to lodging:
http://www.bisbeearizona.com/www/features/lodging.php

What to do:

BISBEE TROLLEY TOURS Tours of Old Bisbee and the Warren area from a trolley that re-creates the look, spirit and charm of the original Warren-Bisbee Railway. Tours leave from the Copper Queen Plaza every day except Wednesdays. Adults $10., Children $7. Private charters available.

QUEEN MINE TOURS
Tours leave from the Queen Mine Tour Building located south of Old Bisbee's business district, off the US 80 interchange. Open 7 days a week. Reservations suggested. Tours last about one hour. $12 + tax for adults, $5+ tax for youth (4-15) Children age 3 and under are free. Call for information, reservations and group rates
phone: 520-432-2071 toll-free: 1-866-432-2071 fax: 520-432-6069

SHOPPING

That'll work

ok ok. i'm gonna cancel our warm, clean, and tidy hotel reservation and join ya'll in the grimy, dirty, and exposed campground.....

checkers anyone?

your on...

Burbon Vs. Tequilla

I'll have to pick up a bottle of knob creek before we head down there

Oh checkers.

Hey stone do ya want a rematch sucka. Leland I don't know how you came up with the idea but it is pure evil. Does it have to be bourbon v tequila. How bout baileys vs. kahlua.

i only said Bourbon v. tequilla because in the past when i've camped with Lee he always brought a bottle of Tequilla(or two) and lately I've made a habit of bringing the knob creek...

yeah its a scary proposition... maybe "mini" shots...

That's funny- On the last trip we all had a bit of Lee's knob!

Knob creek is good stuff... So looks like i will be ariving in AZ friday night... headed to Bisbee saturday...

whats the word on a ride?
can you guys see what you can work out at the meeting tonight... soem one has to have a seat... hell im skinny... i dont take up much room

the checker game is prep'd. i have a wonderful byproduct of the agave plant (and it's smoooooth). somebody had better bring a bottle of kentucky's best barley byproduct.

point me to the liquor store when i get there friday night and i'll pick it up as soon as i get to the valley

What time will you guys be rolling into the Benson area? We can try and meet you there at the exit that turns off to the Sierra Vista area, I think it's exit 306 or something. They have a Mc Donalds, Taco Bell and gas stations at this exit.
Let us know so that we can make plans to meet up on Saturday.

Frank G.
WTXC Prez.

The plan is to depart South Phoenix at 8am- That should put them in Benson about 11 (extra time for late departure )
If you're talking about the exit for 90 south, it's exit 302

That's good you kinda know the area so it should be easier to find you.

FRS channel 14-0 just to make sure and we could exchange cell phone numbers as well.

I'll be in Tombstone Saturday morning, so I'll try to catch on to you guys there about 11-12. If we miss each other just proceed to the campground.

It's south of town and then go East on 80. Double Adobe is on the south side of the road.

Speaking of Tombstone, have any of you guys been to the site where they filmed the movie? It was filmed in Mescal, not too far from Benson. They give tours of the property, it costs $8 per person. Here's a link if anyone's interested.
http://www.oldtucsonstudios.com/general/news/news4/news4.html

Yeah- We went there for a day not too long ago.

Very cool place. There are THOUSANDS of movies that we've all seen that were shot there!

Hey Todrick, just let me know if you still need a ride to Bisbee. I will be leaving Sat. A.M. I'm in Tempe, so Chandler is not out of the way for me. I'll drive, you can help with gas. (for the Xterra )

Spooky, you got a PM

cricket noise....

cricket noise....

I guess it's just Spooky, Lee & Shanna, Brian & Brenda, Todrick and a few from WTXC.

Oh well, I'M going to have fun!! Anybody bringing horseshoes??

Lee & Shanna- what's your plans for the kids if you go into shops? Just do one person at a time like in Jerome? The ol' girl will be coming with us as well.

Well I am sure we will still have a ball. Looks like the silver fox and marshall are chickenin out. I think it was the mention of the checkers marshall went down pretty hard last time we played. And the Fox well we all know he can't hang anymore. Something about being in the twilight of life.

Sorry Folks..

We'd love to come but looks like I'll be working Have fun for us.. I'm sure you will.

xrock, we usually take turns going into shops. for the more enlightned shops we take in the dogs and let them shop too.

Thanks Lee- that's what I was thinking.

They probably won't let us on the trolley or take the mine tours though

i could possibly be persuaded to watch the dogs if you all want to do the mine tours...

a tour of a mine holds very little interest for me... I have definately seen my fair share of mines and enjoy exploring abandoned ones on my own far more that preserved ones on guided tours

Hey, Ivan, at the condos in GOX I couldn't lose at that dern checker game. But at the KOA....sheesh.

I'll be assisting the forest service on a noble cause this Saturday, and have seen the town of Bisbee a few times. I would like to see all those Tejas peoples and deflate Ivans air mattress though.

Since you will be performing such a noble duty, maybe we can carry on in your place for such a cause as the deflation of Ivan's mattress.

That's not funny lee.

yeah it is

I don't even know Ivan and I thought it was funny. Oh yeah, I got your PM Todrick. I'll give you a call Friday. Hey Lee, send me an e-mail with your address again. Or bring Todrick to the meeting place on Saturday and I'll take him from there.

...just not to you Ivan, everyone else is laughing their asses off.

psssssssssssssssssss

"What the hell was that?"

"Go back to sleep, it's either Ivan's mattress or he popped his date, ...again."

I'm starting to think it might not be the greatest idea to let the local guys meet you arizona jerks. I don't need grief on a regular basis.

Damnit why did I let the silver fox take that picture.

Are you sure you want to say something like that?

Ewww- pervert!

Whoa- temps in Bisbee will be 94 on Saturday - 90 on Sunday!

Have fun y'all. I'm not going to make it.

Ditto, just watch out for Lee's knob.

Might be brand switching time Lee

but ya know, i've always been one to share a bit of my knob...

AZXC, Thanks for the good time this weekend in Bisbee and Tombstone! We hope to do it again with lots more participation from our members.

Frank G.
WTXC President

Whoa! You do talk!

Just kidding- It was great meeting you. We'll definitely have to do it again!

In case you haven't taken a look, scope out the AzXCs web page were you'll find an Xcellect photo!!. Thanks Thomas for scanning & posting.

Thanks to all for a good weekend.

Had a great weekend! And yes there is an Xcellent photo on our site, but remember just look ~ anything more will cost you $34.95!!! (those that were there know)

Oh and by the way, move those damn vehicles out of the way!

Wow that was incredibly slow I posted the pic in the pictures forum yesterday. Here is a link to all of my pictures. Please send me yours or send me a link to imacsae2@hotmail.com so that I can add them to my collection.

aaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i moved the files from the weekend over to my pc. 24 photos didn't make it, all the action photos of the mud pit are gone. the close up of natasha's face, covered with mud, is gone.

the inhumanity....

Just go back and do it all again.

Does your camera automatically delete all pictures once it's downloaded?

No, I'm the idiot that selected the "delete all pictures" command. I had transfered the pic's to my PC and then deleted from the camera. I then went back to review the pics when I noticied that a whole series was missing, and it too late.

I do not like the way XP handles the picture transfer for my camera. This camera saves high resolution pic's as TIFFs. XP doesn't "see" this and won't transfer. The mud series of pictures were shot in the burst mode.

Anyone know of a good data recovery program that works for CompactFlash cards?

thanks guys i had a great time and enjoyed meeting those of you i didn't know already...

Ivan... that night time shot of me playing checkers is freakin scary....

TaDa... The wonders of modern data recovery has enable me to recover the lost episodes. I have uploaded a bunch of photos to my Webshots account.

Hey.. I think I found something for your next trip.. it's not checkers though.. it does up the concentration factor..

chess shots

I fixed the link.... CHESS SHOTS, CLICK HERE

OK- these are entirely too big to drink knob!!!!

But just think about how long a game of chess can last...and the fact that you can get absolutely parched while playing

Let's play!

From the looks of it, they were playing Knob VS Rumpleminz !!

You're wrong grasshopper. There's only two empty glasses on the table and no one in the picture. That would mean they're passed out on the floor which would lead me to believe whatever was in those glasses was much more potent than either of those two brands. And if you're thinking that isn't the first game, look how organized everything is, no way...got to be the first game. Anyone playing that game would start trashing the place after just a couple of pawns were taken even with Knob or Rump.

Two drinks and on the floor, whatever it is... I want some

actually this was the version i first heard of... chess.

but checkers is damn fun... i think all of us there last weekend decided we needed a clock(like the ones for speed chess) you get a set time between moves...

of course this came about because by the second game i was stalling like beat down ford