Good morning from No. 11! Friday was a pretty uneventful day and we spent it in regular clothes, catching up with various household choses and a shipping run to Sierra Vista. Pretty boring stuff! As of late Friday, there weren’t a lot of people in town, at least now the way it was when we first started coming here in 2002 (we bought No. 11 in 2003). Back then, the event “Rendezvous of the Gunfighters” was held and it was quite the event, attracting just about every Old West-themed reenactor group in the Southwest. Getting a hotel room was impossible (unless you booked up way in advance) and there were lines running out of every bar and restaurant. It was quite the spectacle, to be sure.

Unfortunately, time, the Great Recession, and changing life circumstances slowly put an end to this and now, most of the visitors are the more “normal” sort of tourists. The event itself has gone through a number of name changes and such so things are on a smaller scale than they used to be. There’s still gunfighters…just fewer of them. For us, thing really haven’t changed much except that No. 11 has gone through a number of transitions and improvements and it’s better than ever and we’re hear on a regular basis, whether it’s for an event or a non-event weekend.

Just for perspective, here’s a picture of the living room at No. 11 not long after we bought the house:

And after…

OK,  we went a little nuts with the pictures but you get the idea…it’s been an interesting, sometimes bumpy trip but 22 years later we’re still going strong and we have a lot of plans for the future to include another film so stay turned for more.

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