December 6, 2004 Shady Dell Camp, Bisbee, AZ

December 6, 2004
Shady Dell Camp
Bisbee Arizona

Spent last night at Tombstone Hills RV just out side of Tombstone Arizona. All night the hail came down. It truly can get cold out in the Arizona Hill Country. Make you realize how ruff it was on the frontier in the 1800 and early 1900’s. The trailer rocked all night in the wind.
Shady Dell is an interesting place. They have about 10 vintage trailers – all from the 50’s. Most are Spartans but they do have one old airstream. They have all be restored to the original looks including 50’s TV sets (with hidden vcr’s) and old black and white movies from the 50s’. They even have The Long Trailer with Lucile Ball. Old 78 records and players are included as well. The trailers rent as hotel rooms and it’s a bit like being on the road. Along with the stationary trailers they have a big old cabin cruiser complete with dock and tiki statues.
My friends Mike and Lorene Kravit flew in from Florida and are spending the next few days traveling and photographing around southern Arizona. A trip to Mexico and a hunt for the ultimate Saguaro Cactus are on the agenda. Their first two nights will be in the Spartan Royal Mansion and the last few night on the Cabin Cruiser.
On the way over we stopped at The Amerind Foundation and Museum in Texas Canyon just off I-10 near the town of Dragoon, Arizona. Truly an amazing place- with a unique landscape. Massive large boulders are strewn about the canyon, reminiscent of The City of Rocks in southern New Mexico. “The Foundation was founded in 1937 by William Shirley Fulton as an anthropological and archaeological museum and research center dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native American cultures and their histories.” I hear some of my more Traditional Elders groaning over those two words, anthropological and archaeological, but perhaps if it is done in a good and respectful way it will help to teach and pass on the history and Traditions. Aho, this can be a good and important thing. From all I could see the Amerind Foundation is doing this in a good way.

Airstream at The Amerind Musueum