Ptah's post about Amado reminded me of one of my favorite oddities in AZ...
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... The Shady Dell, about 5-10 minutes short of Bisbee (making it a GREAT "base camp" for a trip to Bisbee -- although
it's cool in and of itself).
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Eight stationary "travel trailers", a dry-docked small yacht, and a converted tour bus from a 1940's California Triple-A
baseball team (the site's "Tiki Bus"
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machine experience. It's internationally-known... and when I stayed there, chances were there were foreigners there,
too -- mostly from either Europe or Australia. The "guest journals" in each trailer were out-and-out FASCINATING!!!
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It looks like there's several changes from when I stayed there 10 years ago. It used to be open year-round. There used
to be a fantastic 10-stool diner onsite (an old aluminum "hamburger joint" moved there from its original spot in
California -- run by a classically-trained chef and his wife who had gotten their start providing tuna fish sandwiches so
they could tour with The Dead. It's not mentioned, so I assume it's gone or closed.
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Prices have gone up. They no longer have the two really SMALL trailers (2 of the 4 that I stayed in -- one homemade
from plans in Popular Mechanics -- they were $35 & $40 a night). Now, you can expect to pay $80-120... but I promise
you it will certainly be one of the, if not THE coolest "hotel room" you'll ever stay in.
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And Bisbee, as most of you know... ROCKS!!!
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http://www.theshadydell.com/
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