Old Tucson Studios

We have made a goal to try to explore Arizona a little bit more the next few years. A visit from Aunt Shelly and Uncle Joe was a perfect time to check out something new. On Veteran's day we headed 1 1/2 hours south to Tucson for a day trip. 1 1/2 hours actually turned into almost 3 hours due to a horrible accident - Andy ended up off roading in the mini van to the frontage road in order to avoid who knows how many more hours... Steve was following us - not sure how he felt when Andy suddenly turned off the freeway!

We ended up at the Old Tucson Studios - This place was pretty interesting. Many old Western movies and television shows were shot here so it is filled with memorabilia including a walking movie tour.
The kids thought the old school house was pretty weird... especially the creepy "teacher" inside, look closely and you can see her in the background.


The kids had a little encounter with the town Sheriff, which landed them here...

Interesting fact - the Sheriff has actually appeared in several commercials including a Taco Bell commercial in Arizona!

We had front row seats for the town shoot out - it was actually pretty cool!

The kids (and Meredith) got to meet the outlaws!

Zac got along great with this outlaw - and wasn't it perfect that he has a cowboy on his shirt? Zac perfected the phrase - "yee haw" while we were there!

We had a fun time on the carousel, train, car rides and touring a pretend haunted mine. This was a fun little adventure which we capped off by driving into Tucson for some Mexican food. Meredith got a recommendation from a friend as to the best Mexican restaurant - um, it was terrible. Really. Next time we will rely on the reviews we found online!