Monday, September 13, 2011
In spite of a steady downpour all last night and this morning, we decided to drive to Oatman, AZ which is basically an historic ghost town left from gold mining days. Ironically, the town appears to be quite healthy with about 20 shops, bars, a post office, etc. and because of the increase in the price of gold, the mine has been reopened and the security is obviously quite intense. The wild burros have adopted Oatman and although they were quite scarce today because of the rain we did manage to spot a few. The road from Kingman (old Rte 66) was rough and because of the rain had washed out in several places (meaning we made a few wet crossings!) and the rocks were beginning to tumble from the mountains onto the road. We decided to proceed on to Bullhead City, AZ and over the Colorado to Laughlin, NV where we had lunch. Our Jeep rental was a wise choice!! BTW, the part for our truck has not arrived. We are both anxious to escape Kingman and head to Pinetop and on home to Scottsdale.