Posterous theme by Cory Watilo
Kirstin

Arizona February 2007

In February, 2007,I married a wonderful man named Jason. (Notice how whenever people describe getting married, they preface their spouse with an adjective like "wonderful"?)  

We chose to visit Arizona for our honeymoon because Jason's favorite movie was Tombstone with Val Kimer (?) Yeah, "I'll be your Huckleberry..." 

Having lived all my life on the East Coast, I wasn't prepared to understand the landscape change that happens when there is not enough moisture and/ore soil conditions for grass.  WOW! We stared at the tall, spikey cacti and learned as much as we could about the animals and birds that lived there.  We visited the Sonoran Desert Museum and watched a Hawk soar inches above our heads to land on the staff-member's gloved forearm...

We named some of the cactus formations as we drove around the Tucson area.  We hiked into the Carolina Mountains for the day.  Peeing in the woods is quite a different experience out there.  You can't lean back on a cactus and you aren't really covered by any underbrush or tree trunks.  I'll leave the rest to your imagination.

We bought children's books for our future family including one called the Tres Havelinas.  Look them up! They are not pigs :)  

We enjoyed the history and playfulness of Tombstone and then ended our journey in Bisbee.  We toured the small town in a Lavender Jeep, learning about the Copper Mine that began the town and the movement of people, cultures, and professions into the community...including prostitution.  The foundations that are left of the small rooms women lived in gave barely enough space for shoes to sit at the foot of the bed.

There is a lonely spirit in these western towns...but it is a strong and independent spirit. People would not have survived without it.