Tucson is home to one of the most beautiful missions in southern USA. We were not disappointed with a beautiful hot day to visit.Heading south from Tucson, into high desert, we camped at the nice but busy Kartchner Caverns, a National Park, and amazing huge, really well preserved wet caves. Booking two days before, we did a morning tour of the Big Cave and afternoon in the Rotunda. National Park Rangers give excellent talks about the formations. Found in 1967 (the year we got married!) and kept secret on private land for 14 years, these caves are sealed (you go thorugh two heavy sets of doors to enter, and visitors are carefully searched for anything that might harm the interior. A one hour tour takes you through amazing stalactite and stalagmite formations, but not photos are allowed.
Next day we visited the quaint town of Tombstone, home of the Shootout at the OK Corral, legendary graveyard and memorable gravestones*, Birdcage theatre (where Fatima's portrait on the bar wall has been shot 7 times!),* "Here lies Les Moore, shot by a slug from a 44, No Les no more"
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