Hello fellow wanderers!
If you love all things Route 66, old mining towns, ghost towns and burros.... Oatman is for you!! This town has a little of everything including great food and drinks, shopping til your heart's content, haunted buildings, old mines, a wild west shootout in the middle of the road and of course the burros.
We stopped the first time in the early afternoon to find only the bar open, and that was it. The town closes early so make sure you go early. We hung out for a bit and then came back the next day. We spent half a day exploring the town, eating lunch and checking out all the hole in the wall places. Oatman is about an hour south of Kingman and just a quick drive up from Bullhead City.
We watched the wild west shoutout and then the burros decided to put on a show of their own. Check out our video on YouTube: Wandered Off to see the show for yourself! It was pretty entertaining to say the least.
The town also has a tie to Carole Lombard and Clark Gable if you love old movies. They used to stay at the Oatman Hotel which was built in 1902. Most of Oatman's buildings are original and historic with lots of interesting ghost stories.
We had a great time and would highly recommend this small town to anyone even remotely in the area. There is too much fun to list here but you get a great idea of what there is in our video.
Thanks so much for wandering around Oatman with us on historic Route 66 in Arizona. Please check out our video and like and subscribe. We truly appreciate your support!
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Chris & Brandi
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