Bisbee, AZ

Bisbee, Az is a cute mining town in S. AZ. It use to be quite the spot back in it's day with Phelps-Dodge and the mine. The mine itself has been closed since the 1970's, but since then Bisbee has attracted a lot of artists to the area. You can see a lot of the art work just walking around the town as murals, sculptures and other forms of art, people have added to their houses or yards. Lets just say the home owners association here is very laxed



We were very fortunate to get to stay at the Copper Queen Hotel. Which has been in operation since 1902! The rooms are very cute and quaint with claw foot bathtubs, and what reminds me of an old new england motif.





Besides the historic and charming qualities of the hotel, The Copper Queen Hotel is also known for it's resident Ghosts and has been featured on Ghost Hunters! I was happy that I did not report any ghost sightings during the night in my room.



Bisbee is also "known" for it's stairs. In fact a lot of the places people live don't even have roads up to their houses or at least no place to park a car. So they trek up and down these stairs every day. I couldn't imagine! Carrying the laundry basket up and down or groceries. Guess you'd have to make sure you could get it all in one trip.





We decided to do a tour of the Mine. Very fun and interesting. They give you miners hats, a light and you ride a little train into the mine about 1500' stopping at different spots where they tell you about what was mined, how the miners worked, the equipment used. Hmmm, no windows, but artificial light, 10-12 hr work days with barely time to eat, exposure to some pretty nasty diseases, hey that kind of reminds me of what I do : ).






Of course we couldn't leave Bisbee without checking out a few of the local watering holes. We even happened to be there on opening day for a new brewery!






Had a Fantastic Time!