8-15-97
 It took a week but the BMW is fixed and I'm back on the road.
I left Deming, New Mexico just after 1pm and headed west. A
short way down I-10 is Lordsburg, NM where I visited with Rebecca Richins
at the Lordsburg-Hidalgo County
Chamber of Commerce. There's a lot of history in Lordsburg
and I intend to make an extended visit one day soon. Rebecca told
me about two ghost towns near Lordsburg, Shakespeare and Steins.
The ghost town at Shakespeare is closed most of the year and can only be
seen by tour. I intended to visit Steins on my way to Arizona but
never saw the exit for it. I'll have to try again one day.
Tomorrow, Tombstone! |
A short way into Arizona is Benson where I headed south on Highway 80
to Tombstone. I enjoyed an excellent dinner at Nellie Cashman's Restaurant.
Nellie was an angel of mercy that followed the gold rush towns and ran
successful businesses along the way. No man was ever turned away
hungry from one of Nellie's restaurants because he was down on his luck.
