Oatman, Az

I traveled north along the Colorado River and made a beeline for Oatman, Arizona. I kept hearing what a cute town it was where the donkeys wandered in the narrow streets of the two block long town. And sure enough! I shopped, ate ice cream, and strolled the streets. Donkeys were everywhere.

This is an old mining town in the mountains west of Kingman, Arizona. The donkeys are descendants of those that were used by the miners.

Parker, Az

On Friday, March 3, I took the long and narrow road from Tehachapi to Parker where I met my friend Joanne from Michigan at the Parker casino. This would be our home for a couple of days while we went to the Bluegrass festival. We listened to some fantastic groups and enjoyed wandering around the park along the Colorado River in the sunshine.

After the festival I headed north meandering alongside the Colorado River. I stopped at Parker Dam to look out over the river and made several other stops along the river. The WINs canoe this river each year and I was looking to see if I might be interested. It is a beautiful azure blue river, wider than I would have thought. Wildflowers were in full bloom along the way.


I then spent a couple of hours in Lake Havasu City. This is the location of the London Bridge so I had to stop and look! From there I scurried north through Oatman so I would arrive at Avi for the dinner buffet at the casino. It was a very wise choice. As the sun set I drove on to Laughlin and enjoyed seeing the casinos lit so well at night and the reflection in the river as I drove along. I spent the night in a rest stop on I 40.