Oatman Arizona - Always a treat

 We always enjoy a short trip to Oatman to see the burros.

Today the burros didn't come, but the town is an old relic.

It is an old mining town, when the mines closed down, the miners left their burros behind and there is still a herd of about 18 burros that usually frequent the place.

This building has been condemned.

The shootin gallery says "no shooting"

We enjoy the restaurant  in the old hotel.

"Back in the day" the miners would prepay their expenses on a good day in order to eat on the days that they 'worked for nothing'.

Now, people love leaving their dollar bills with notes on them.

Today, this was the only burro we saw.

The road to Oatman is part of the original Route 66.

It is narrow and has so many switchbacks that it is always an interesting drive.

The yellow flowers are the only sign of a "superbloom" that I've seen.

Raptor Free Flight - Sonoran Desert Museum

 A fun day -

Enjoying the flights and desert scenery

Sometimes the birds fly so close that you feel the rush of wings.

You need good gloves for this task

The River Otter

( look for the video of them swimming on Facebook)

Such interesting looking cactus

CLICK HERE *Taking the Road Less Travelled with St. George Jeepers

 Falling Man Petroglyphs and 21 Sheep

We joined the Jeep group to view the Petroglyphs and since we had been there before, we took the trail to the right and the main group went left.

In so doing we missed  some neat petroglyphs and pictographs, but we had a good scramble!

Bruce does a lot of hiking around the area, but Sherry (and I ) not so much.

I think this is "The High Point"

"Yeah, we all made it up!"

Now to get down the back side.

and we finally found him.

Meanwhile, the rest of our group is high on this other cliff, finding other pictographs.

So we are enjoying scenery and weird rocks while we wait to meet up 

with the others.

Enjoying the flowers that survive in these rocks is always amazing.

Getting back down from the tunnel can be pretty funny.

The last of this trip was the 21 Sheep panel.

Great trip and we ( Sherry and I ) survived better than we thought we would.

CLICK HERE* TUSHER MOUNTAIN with St. George Jeepers

 We had a great trip from Beaver to the Tushar Mountains with the fall colors starting to show off!

I'm not sure we got a good count, but I think there were about 20 'Jeeps' 

( with other assorted 4 wheel drive vehicles)

"Over there!"

A beautiful spot for a lunch stop

( just don't get too close to the edge!😉)

I never realized we had some red patches amongst the gold.

Then the red bushes fade out and we find this interesting terrain.

It was a delightful day, and we return home via US89 and

"The Big Rock Candy Mountain" 

(The mountains named for the song are a little north of Marysvale, Utah)

The folk song was originally sung in the 1870's and since then many versions have cleaned it up and the most popular one was published in 1928.

In 1949  a sanitized version intended for children was re-recorded by

Burl Ives.

The popular refrain is :

"Oh, the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
The soda water fountain
Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings
In that Big Rock Candy Mountain."

And indeed, Marysville has a resort from 1928 to this day.

Since we are in Butch Cassidy Territory, we might as well catch a bite to eat

in Circleville, Utah.

The Cafe has pictures of all the famous outlaws.

A little further down the road was the Cassidy homestead.

Butch Cassidy was born in Beaver, Utah, but his family moved to Circleville.

Butch thought farming was too much work and he sought income from other sources.

A very enjoyable day, lots of gorgeous colors and good company.

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