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Skriven 2009-03-07 17:17:23 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 21533 av MANNY ROTHSTEIN (1:123/140)
Ärende: Military Intelligence
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Hi Manny,

->  MR> Old Tombstone and the Military Intelligence Museum
->  MR> at your old stomping grounds, Fort Huachuca. I think

-> Lots of neat places there.  Did you get to the FH museum as well?

 MR> No. Tell me about it. Tucson is only a long days drive from where
 MR> I live and now that I've discovered it, I intend to go back.

It's basically a history of the post, the Buffalo Soldiers, and "the
Indian problem".  Did you know that General John J. Persin was a Buffalo
Solider commander?  I could give you lots of trivia about the area. (G)

Old Tucson is a honky tonk tourist trap.  Back in 1995, it had a major
fire.  Our girls had some friends who had visited the place the day
before the fire with their parents.  The kids had gone, quite
reluctantly, so their mom told me when the boys heard about the fire the
morning after it happened, one of them told his mom "we didn't do it,
honestly". Of course she knew they didn't but thought it funny the
reaction.

Go up to Tombstone; I forget the name of the place (it's a little cafe
on a side street) but it serves some good buffalo burgers.  It's a bit
of a tourist town but not as much as OTS.

 MR> Coincidently, last night I was at a hunt club meeting and mentioned
 MR> my little trip to a buddy who told me that he is going to visit
 MR> Fort Huachuca next month because his son is in the National
 MR> Guard and is going to be posted there for his annual three
 MR> week training stint.

Sounds good; don't know when we'll be back but hopefully some day.  If
he's not going too far off post, Daisy Mae's Stronghold is a pretty
decent steakhouse, right off the post.

->  MR> that you will be pleased to learn that in the museum
->  MR> annex, The Museum of the Much Smarter Than Average,
->  MR> I think I found what may have been a picture of you.(G)
 MR> ->
-> More likely, Steve. I kept a pretty low profile on post, was more active
-> in town--our church and the local high school.  Where did you eat?  We
-> had some favorite places out there--mostly beef and Mexican ones.  Don
-> Theodoro in Tombstone and La Casita in Sierra Vista were a couple of the
-> latter category favorites.

 MR> The trip was pretty much spur of the moment, so I didn't do any
 MR> pre-trip research. Because I was busy, meals were catch as catch
 MR> can. I'll save your recommendations for next time.

Let me know when you're going again & I'll dredge my memories for more.


->  MR> Well anyway, I was thinking of you while I was on the
->  MR> base.
 MR> ->
-> And, if you came in thru the main gate, you passed right by where we
-> used to live.

 MR> I came in through the east gate.


Well, maybe you'll see it some other time. The last time we saw it
(Sept. 2006), the yard had not been kept up to what we had.


->  MR> All the museums were neat and I had a good time.
 MR> ->
-> Good.  We really like the area.  Was there snow up on the mountain
-> peaks?

 MR> Nope. Daytime temperatures were in the mid 80's.

That doesn't always mean a thing. (G) It can be much colder up on Carr &
Miller peaks.


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Ruth
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