LIVELY LAUGHLIN

Ample RV sites, great gambling, water sports, and golf.
This is a fast growing small town at the southwest border of Nevada and Arizona.
It is what Las Vegas use to be uncomplicated, friendly, affordable, and fun. The casino’s overlooks the beautiful Colorado River.
There are nine casinos within walking distance of one another.
When we were there we took a day and went to Oatman, a small mining town.
Oatman, Arizona is 30 miles southeast of Laughlin on Route 66.
Oatman stands as a tribute to a bygone way of life.
In 1906 a tent camp and flourishing as a gold-mining boom-town. In 1930 Oatman almost dried up when America’s World War 11 effort no longer required gold to sustain it.
Marketing itself as an authentic ghost town, Oatman now draws more than 500,000 tourists to its town.
This small town has narrow streets and limited parking. Gun fights and wild burros running the streets add to the congestion. But that is what Oatman is all about. The wild burros are left over from mining days; they are always looking to tourists for a handout. If you feed one they will follow you right to your car. They will get into your pocket, in your purse and just know you must have something for them to eat. They will follow you to your car. When I got in the car one was going to sit on my lap. He just knew I had a treat from him. The young ones are cute enough to bring home.
They practically own the place, nosing into shops, nuzzling into anything you have and just expecting you to give them a treat.
The gunfight is at regular intervals with plenty of noise, smoke and old west antics.
They still have famous people stay at the hotels.
One of the all times favorite Clark Gable chose to bring Carole Lombard on March 29, 1939. The hotel was the Oatman Hotel. You can view the honey moon suite where they stayed.
Oatman is a restored ghost town with a lot of good places to eat, places to shop and hotels to stay in. There is one café that will cook you a rattlesnake if you want one.
But watch out for the burros they will love you to death.

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