Gay and Proud in Bisbee

We just returned from Bisbee. It was the annual Gay Pride Weekend and it was fun, but much smaller this year. Again we stayed at the Sleepy Dog Guesthouse way up on the hill, I think it is third highest house in town. Kody went for his second year and this was Aleah's first, our forth year. They walked with us down the hill into town to see all the people and shop. We bought a very cool colored glass thingy to hang in the window from one of the vendors. Friday night we walked into town ( without the kids ) and got so drunk, we were a mess. So Saturday we were much more low keyed. Bisbee is such a cool little town full of artists, cowboys and cowgirls and just funky people. I love it! I believe it was once the third biggest city west of the Mississippi behind San Francisco and Virginia City. San Francisco was the Gold City, Virginia City was the Silver City and Bisbee was the Copper City with a huge open copper pit right next to town.

It has a old western fill full of tiny little houses clinging to the hillsides with steep narrow roads. People decorate in quite creative ways using any thing they could get their hands on, and it works if you like funky!
Each day we were greeted at this gate by a barking wiener dog. You can almost see him behind the gate in the dark shadows. He was real cute and Aleah barked back. Kody ignored him in his excitement to get to town and be admired by everyone.
There is a copper toilet float embedded in this wall among the colored bottles, broken pottery and mismatched tiles etc. It's pretty fun!