Thursday, May 9, 2013

Benson, AZ

Today we traveled just a bit over 100 miles and landed at the Butterfield RV Resort and Observatory. Yes, Observatory, more about that later. The first stop this morning was at Steins Railroad Ghost town. I was going to stop at Shakespeare, another ghost town, but found out it is restricted to tours about three days a month and they seemed pretty adamant about trespassing at other times.

 So it was on to Steins. Read about Steins by clicking this link This town has a very interesting history and the current history has a bit of a mystery. The property is secured by a fence, but I was able to capture a few pictures.
















 From Steins my next stop was historic Wilcox and a walking tour of the downtown I will post those pictures tomorrow. Then I stopped at a roadside attraction that I've passed hundreds of times. It finally grabbed my attention and I checked it out. Pictures from the Thing on Saturday.

Butterfield RV Resort and Observatory is unique, unless you know of another RV park the has its own observatory with a star show every night. 

More about this park later. After one busy day I'm ready to sit back and enjoy the good life.

16 comments:

  1. Paul and Marti DahlThursday, May 9, 2013 at 2:49:00 PM CDT

    Now if you just squeezed that outhouse into PaT, you would have solved your problems...

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  2. UnknownThursday, May 9, 2013 at 2:56:00 PM CDT

    Very interesting. Glad you are finding fun things. Enjoying reading each day

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    1. John HedgesThursday, May 9, 2013 at 2:59:00 PM CDT

      Thanks you, I did about three days of posts just today.

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  3. Barney, The Old Fat ManThursday, May 9, 2013 at 3:03:00 PM CDT

    Start late and stop early. Nap after that. WOW I like that plan.

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  4. Travels with EmmaThursday, May 9, 2013 at 3:20:00 PM CDT

    Sounds like you almost over did it for one day.

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  5. mdisselhorstThursday, May 9, 2013 at 3:57:00 PM CDT

    Been there and done that at The Thing....I hear the price has gone from 50 cents to $1....glad we caught the cheap rate. One good thing is also the Dairy Queen....

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    1. John HedgesThursday, May 9, 2013 at 4:23:00 PM CDT

      Inflation for you, I almost had to get out my 'I'll work for food' sign, but I scraped up the funds.

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  6. Paul and Marsha Weaver OCT. 17, 2009Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 5:29:00 PM CDT

    We have never done a ghost town tour or really every visited a ghost town. This one looks pretty deserted!

    I am very interested in reading about the observatory. Sounds so unique.

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    1. John HedgesThursday, May 9, 2013 at 5:48:00 PM CDT

      Last count two people lived there, I didn't see a soul. This is an excellent RV park, one of the best I've ever been in.

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  7. Jim and SandieThursday, May 9, 2013 at 5:53:00 PM CDT

    I love ghost towns. We've always been in too much of a hurry to stop at either of those on our way through. Looking forward to your RV post.

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    1. John HedgesThursday, May 9, 2013 at 6:34:00 PM CDT

      Me too, it's like stepping back in history trying to picture life in these towns 100 years ago.

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  8. JOThursday, May 9, 2013 at 9:40:00 PM CDT

    I will have to add Steins to my ghost town list. The Thing that was a hoot.
    Your moving and to bad I'm not in Tucson just about 35 miles away from Benson.

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