After staying the night at the Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee in Southern Arizona, we started the day with a visit to the Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum. Small place, but well worth the visit.

Caroline and I first visited Bisbee back in 1995, shortly after we moved to the United States when we went out “camping” with my sister, mother, and step-father in their motorhome.

From Bisbee, we drove southeast to Douglas, Arizona, and after four tries taking a photo of the three of us in front of the sign to Mexico, the best we got was this one of us squished together but still couldn’t find the right angle to capture us and the overhead sign behind my head.

In one of the most remote corners of the state of Arizona lies Interstate 80, which runs between Douglas on one side and Rodeo, New Mexico, on the other. Along the way, you might see a turnoff to Skeleton Canyon Road which is unpaved but pretty well kept and which will take you out to Skeleton Canyon and the Geronimo Surrender Site. I’ve got the feeling that this might be the only time in our lives that we’ll be out this way, but at least we’ve done it.

To get to Arizona, we have to pass through New Mexico for a short drive until we hit road number 533 which turns into Portal Road back in Arizona, leading us into the mountains.

The road to Portal, Arizona, is paved, but beyond it, we are on dirt roads up over the mountains into Paradise, and from there, we’ll remain on dirt until we reach Chiricahua National Monument and finally start our return to civilization.