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| Rob and Dan enjoy a sasparilla |
called Tombstone. Today we'll tell you about a sarsaparilla tradition that Dan started and show you the courthouse... which is a place that I had an odd remembrance of the first time I visited.
WHAT IS SARSAPARILLA? - Sarsaparilla is a carbonated soft drink originally made from the native Central American plant smilax ornata. ... Associated with the Old West, sarsaparilla was popular in the United States in the 19th century. Sarsaparilla is now generally made with artificial flavors and is considered a type of root beer.
The one time Dan visited Tombstone was a brief stop into a saloon to have a sarsaparilla, so we thought it a fitting way to wrap up our time there... and that's what we did. I've never tasted sarsaparilla before, and it was pretty good!
MY 1993 VISIT ODD EXPERIENCE- I realized I previously lived in Tombstone in the 1880s in a past life when I visited Tombstone for the first time. I remember just arriving in town and someone asked me where the court house was located. I told them to walk 2 block and turn left down the street and it was 2 blocks down. There was no way I could have known that because I just came into town, yet I gave someone directions! I remember walking the way I directed the person, and sure enough, that's exactly where the courthouse was located!
So, we walked back to the courthouse to get a look at it.
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| A Tombstone street |
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| The Tombstone court house |
SUNSET - I will say that Arizona had some spectacular sunsets. There's a picture of one below from our hotel window in Tombstone. 
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