It was high noon when we rolled into Tombstone (no, really, it was).
My Mom and Jack missed their opportunity to grab breakfast and when I got directions to a diner, those directions took us make on to the interstate.
So by the time we do get into town, my Mom is getting hangry (that's hungry + angry if you are scoring at home).
They're aren't a lot of places here that serve breakfast all day but we do find one and decide on heading there.
We find a parking spot on the street that will give us the best chance of getting my Mom out of the car.
And I am introdued to our new arch enemy - gravel.
It is going to be a bitch to get my Mom around here in a wheelchair.
We roll her on the wooden planks that make up the sidewalk in this town. This causes her to jiggle all to the way to the tiny restaurant.
We have a breakfast. Not the greatest one we've had on the trip but it did meet the legal definition of breakfast.
As we leave the restaurant, there are some "citizens of Tombstone" that are trying to get people to go watch a gun fight.
It isn't the OK Corral reinactment but it is about to start so we go see it.
It was, without a doubt, the lowest form of show business that I've seen.
It is beyond corny and cheesey.
I'm almost embarrassed for these three "cowboys."
They use blanks in their guns during the show. What is funny about blanks though is that part of the blank comes out really fast so it could pop a balloon if one was close by.
When the cowboys pull that trick, I can't help but think of Jon-Erik Hexum. The actor that accidently killed himself on the set of the CBS show, "Cover Up." (I know, pretty random thought).
After the cornball show is over, he head around the corner to try a prickly pear margarita that a friend has suggested.
As we start rolling, Jack has to stop.
I ask him if he's okay and he just asks for a break and tell me to go on ahead to the restaurant.
I pause for a second and then decide to take my Mom to the margarita place.
Standing for that entire show took a lot of steam out of his engine. He needed the time to catch his wind.
We are pretty much alone in the margarita place and since we just had breakfast, we stick to chips and guac with the margaritas.
We haven't really done too much day drinking on The Bucket Trip.
I'm probably going to need a nap.
We discuss what the plan is for the rest of the trip.
Only two stops left.
The Bucket Trip is going to be over before I know it.
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