Saturday, June 16, 2012

Lake Havasu / Oatman



They collect replica lighthouses there, too.
 On the way back, we went through Oatman, AZ because there was supposed to be a ghost town near it.  It turns out Oatman IS the ghost town, but it's really a thriving block or so of tourist traps - I mean, local shops.  If you're ever in the neighborhood, pass through quickly.  To get there, you do have to go on an interesting original piece of Route 66, which was abandoned in 1963 in favor of the current path, over which I-40 was later built. Here's one of the locals in Oatman:




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