Oatman, AZ Home of the Wild Burro's

After a bumpy ride through the desert, we took a shortcut on a gravel road, we arrived at Oatman, AZ. A tourist trap, yes, but one that really should not be missed. Historic Route 66 goes through the middle of town and the town itself has retained it's historic look. Take a look at a couple of these pictures of the post office, the hotel and a building called Glory Hole.







The big attraction are the wild burros that come to town for treats. The shopkeepers say that they come most days, if they feel like it. About 2 hours after we arrived, the burros must have decided that it was going to be a good day to come to town, about a dozen began strolling the street looking for carrot's their favorite treat.

In search of carrots......



Dean and our favorite burro in deep conversation - the burro sees the bag of carrots....



This one was so cool, he would bite off a piece of carrot, not try to take the whole stick.....



How cute, one of the babies.....



If you have a bag of carrots, they will find them.....



More burros on the search for treats......



In the early afternoon, there was a gun fight on main street with three outlaws and the sheriff. In this picture you will notice that one of the outlaws is wearing a Shriner's hat. After the gunfight, they go through the crowd with their hats out, for donations. The donations go to the Shriner's Children's Hospital. They do so much good, so if you go to Oatman, please give a little. The outlaw said that they have raised over $44,000 for the hospital.



This poster was on the outside of one of the buildings in town, how true!



Historic Route 66, hard to believe that this was once a major highway - how times have changed! I even drove part of this highway back in the 60's when I moved to California. Of course there was a lot less traffic back then.



We returned to Laughlin via paved highway, ate at the Aquarius Casino (not very good), played the slots and lost and came home. After such a busy day, it's so nice to come HOME and not return to a motel room.