On Saturday Aaron and I went to Oatman AZ. It’s a very small living “ghost town” that was established due to the gold in the area. There are a few gold mines around Oatman- none that are still being mined. We heard about the town on a show called Gold Fever- about prospectors… another one of Aaron’s favorite shows… lol. The town is now famous for the herd of wild burros that hang around. Most of the time the wild burros come in to town in the morning and then leave again in the evening. Tourists and the people that live there feed them. So Aaron and I were so excited to go to Oatman!
Another bonus to going there is it’s located on Historic Route 66! We’d never been on it so we were glad we got to cross more than one thing of the list!
And the scenery was beautiful! I love AZ! 
But as we climbed the mountain to get to Oatman (it’s in a valley between two mountains) all we kept seeing was people on Harleys. Now- I have nothing against people that like to travel on bikes. They are really nice most of the time. But when you are expecting a nice quiet day in a small town and you come around the bend to “Bike Week” in Oatman… Well, let’s just say we were very disappointed! Only three of the burros were in town- and normally there are about 15… they didn’t like the noise either! Lol
But we still had fun- 
And we still got to feed the few that were in town… except for the babies- they can’t have carrots. They’ll choke on them!
So Oatman was ok. We decided that we’ll go back when we can stay at the historic hotel for the night- the drive was 4 ½ hours… and check next time to make sure it’s not bike week and there won’t be 5,000 Harleys in town!
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