A road trip to Oatman, AZ was on the agenda for today. Oatman used to be a mining town. When the minors left they did not take the burros with them. They still roam the street(s) drawing plenty of visitors to this little ghost town southeast of Bullhead City. The label on this little guy's forehead reads, "Stop. Please don't feed me anything."
Several groups of burros were on the main road headed in to town. Lots of babies. The people of Oatman love the burros. We even saw one young woman wiping around one of the burro's eyes to keep the flies away!
We stopped in a little shop that had a living saguaro cactus growing through the roof. We bought a bag of burro food in the shop.
This little guy lay down just like a dog to be petted.
Just love these old west scenes.
We watched a gold prospector do a little panning demonstration. Pretty interesting. Hard work according to the prospector.
Lots of stuff for sale. Oatman is located on the old Route 66.
A couple of times each day the locals have a staged robbery and shoot-out in the center of town.
The town sheriff told a story about somewhere else in Arizona they also hold a mock gunfight. However one of the actors used real bullets and shot another actor and a spectator. Yikes. Not so sure about the wild west. http://www.people.com/article/wild-west-shootout-reenactment-injures-two-tombstone
Keep an eye on you back pockets here.
We went all the way to the back!
On our way to Oatman we made a quick stop in Searchlight at Terrible's Casino.
Then we headed south to Needles, California. The road was full of dips. I would not want to do this road if rain was forecast!
Crossed the Colorado River into Arizona.
And found some beautiful farm country. Sheep and hay and cotton.
A little rock art.
Wide open spaces.
And a day rainbow guiding us home.
What a fun trip. Always lots to see.
Have a great weekend and don't forget to "fall back"!
It's all about the journey!
Love Nancy and Dan
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