It seems fitting that this baseball blog post comes after the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series last night. Yay, team (I used to live there, so I’m partial)!
Bisbee, Arizona has quite a bit of baseball history. Some of the game’s legendary players and managers either started their careers at Warren Ballpark or got some [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Baseball history in Cochise County
October 29, 2008
X-treme sports in Sierra Vista
Well, I guess they aren’t x-treme sports. No bungee jumping or scaling tall buildings.
But, they are competitive. I’m talking about the 28th Annual Senior Games in Sierra Vista, to be held January 9-11, 2009. This, the oldest Senior Olympic-style Games in Arizona, is the largest recurring multi-sports event in the area. And registration for the [...]
October 24, 2008
Up, up and away!
“In my beautiful, my beautiful balloon…” This song and lyrics by the 5th Dimension always makes me smile. And makes me happy.
To add to that, I love hot air balloons. Many years ago, I met a balloonist who had been to Malcolm Forbes’ castle in France to join in a huge hot air balloon rally. [...]
October 21, 2008
Beautiful things that adorn the world
“I like to walk amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world.”
George Santayana
Doesn’t that quote just say it all? I love it. Those few words have often made me cast aside my chores and forget about the never-ending errands to take a walk through the beautifully forested Ramsey Canyon Preserve, a Nature Conservancy property, which is one [...]
October 21, 2008
Bisbee Stair Climb: OMG!
Midway through the Bisbee Stair Climb last Saturday, I had one question.
Why was I doing this?!
In my younger days I was a bit of an athlete, and was even on the track team in high school (I was a walk-on to my college track team, too). I started as a sprinter and gradually started running [...]
October 17, 2008
Plans for Halloween?
The Arizona Daily Star has a story about paranormal experts posted that will be part of Halloween weekend in Bisbee, in southeast Arizona (specifically Cochise County) on Nov. 1. Do you have your costume picked out for Halloween yet?
There’s a ton of ghost related stuff in Cochise County: ghost towns, haunted hotels and ghost tours. [...]
October 15, 2008
Darn Good Digs
Great accommodations on a budget
I ran across a site today called Darn Good Digs thanks to Kelly, a blogger I follow on Twitter. (If you don’t know about Twitter, it’s a hot social media site that has grown hugely over the past year. You type in a response to the question: “What are you doing?”)
At first [...]
October 14, 2008
Cochise County events, Oct. 17-19
Another fun weekend in Cochise County! Check out Helldorado Days in Tombstone, the biker rodeo in Benson, the Bisbee Stair Climb in… well, Bisbee and guided tours of Buffalo Soldier Historic Sites in Sierra Vista!
Oct. 17-19, Helldorado Days, Tombstone
What started out as the town’s 50th anniversary celebration in 1929 has turned into a famous [...]
October 14, 2008
AZ/Cochise County score in presidential wine taste-off
The Wall Street Journal’s wine columnists, Dorthy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, had a presidential taste-off with wines selected from Illinois and Arizona vineyards.
Of the three vintages they tasted, Keeling Schaefer Vineyards’ Three Sisters 2006 fared well. The winery is located in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains. Dos Cabezas Wine Works and Page Springs Cellars were [...]
October 13, 2008
Cyclists conquer Cochise Classic
The Cochise County Cycling Classic was held this weekend, and the cyclists braved remnants of Norbert. Wind and hills were part of the mix, but these men and women can take it! There was a record number of cyclists this year.
The winner of the 252-mile event was Dan McGehee in 12 hours, 45 minutes and [...]
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