New wake up call..............

Nope not on my cell phone, this would be the braying of one of those cute little burros I shared
with you the other day.

It surely is a startling sound coming from a sound sleep and the only light is from the very bright full moon.

More about the great week

if ya look real close you can see a tad bit of the Colorado River.

Sister posted on her blog, without photos cause of technical circumstances.  Dontcha hate it when that happens.

So go read her blog here and I'll post a few more pics.  Oh if your interested NO there is not a photo of the 4 ft snake!!!  Ya know we had just finished watching the new Life series on Discovery Channel.  That particular segment had  reptiles and amphibians......eeeewwwwwwwwww!!  And then someone had to tell us about a 4 ft rattler their dog had chased away.  Scuse did ya happen to see which way the damn rattler went??  edited to add...............we never saw the damn snake!!!

Sorry to say Sister had to have a dream about those reptiles. 

A few nites it was nice enough and not too windy to have a fire.

Saw of few of these funny little creatures................warning don't get too close wild burros can give ya a world a hurt in one kick.

cute huh!!

We have visitors

Well they didn't really come to see us actually, if you want to know the truth we are visitors to them.  This is their land.  These burros have been here for many, many years.

I'm presuming these are the same burros that we saw in Oatman, Arizona last year.  Well not exactly the same ones but ya know what I mean.

I must go do some research on burros in this area. Cause I wonder how old these guys are, how long do they live and what the heck do they eat out here.  All I see is rock, dust, scrub brush and a few lakes.

At a distance they are cute little things but I'm not sure if they'd be that friendly up close and personal.

Day tripping with Donkeys

Fifty some years ago............momma, daddy, seester and me self got in a car and drove west from Indiana to Southern California. We took the now infamous Route 66...........see that photo above that is exactly the road we took...........to be honest I don't think they have resurfaced that road in the last fifty some years.


See there's the sign, a bit blurry but there we are on the same road that brought back just tons of memories. Even called sister as we were driving to tell her where we were.
OK you say where ya going???

That's Oatman, Arizona.............what a funny little place. It's not a town...........it is an old mining camp that must have been just wild in the 1800's.

This sign greets you on the way into town along with some rambunctious donkeys.

See the little guy........his name is JellyBean and is only a couple of weeks old..........that's his Momma keeping a very close eye on me.


Enjoyed a nice lunch at the famous Oatman Hotel.........and oh my if the walls in this hotel could talk.........the stories coming about miners, movie stars and politicians......and a few ghosts also.

Being a cowboy western mining camp..........they still hold the obligatory gunfight, stage coach robbery at high noon on the street.


But it seems these residents take precedence and come and go at their leisure, and yes you can buy carrots in any store to feed the residents.............that are quite friendly. That's JellyBean's momma that thought I was OK since I was armed with orange sticks.


It was quite a long day trip but what a fun time we had!!! More photos to come................so stay tuna'd.