Day 2 (Electric Boogaloo)

So we crossed the London Bridge in Havasu sometime around 12:30 (damn you, Mountain Time!! We just got that hour back!!!) & arrived at the Crazy Horse Campgrounds. It's a nice 24-hour campground so we paid the attendant & went to a space by the lake's edge where we set up the tent & air mattress, etc. (not to self. Buy a new air mattress. Ours deflates in about 2 hours & the pump sounds like a dentist's drill, which...may not be the best way to make friends when you arrive at a campground at almost 1am...)

We somehow survived the arctic nighttime temperatures & awoke to a gorgeous view of the lake. From there, it was off to Oatman, AZ.



It's basically a Wild West Town & we had a BLAST. It's very tourist-geared, with most of the shops dedicated to souvenirs, native american crafts, leather works, & Saloons (that only serve wine & beer). By far, what I consider the best parts of the town were
(1) the wild burros (brought to the town back in the gold rush days & abandoned there when the miners left) who are VERY friendly ESPECIALLY if you have food. In fact, we saw one steal an older woman's trail mix bag RIGHT our of her purse. I felt bad laughing as hard as I did, but I had to give the burro kudos for the successful theft.



And (2) the Wild West Shoot Out they had in the middle of town :-) It was horribly acted & a couple of the guns malfunctioned & didn't fire but it was VERY entertaining to say the least. My favorite thing about it was the fact that though the entire town gathered in a circle & flinched at the blanks being fired, the burros continued to saunter around casually looking for food.

As with all awesome things, however, it had to end as it became time for us to start making our way to the Grand Canyon. We started driving & when Adam got a little sleepy, I took the wheel for the first time. That lasted all of 20 minutes as my crippling fear of trucks & mountains took hold. lol. So after a short stop for energy drinks & food, we were back on the road :-)

After a couple more hours, we saw a sign for the "Roadkill Cafe" in Seligman, AZ & obviously HAD to check it out. It's a neat little restaurant with reasonable prices & good food. A very nice pit stop indeed. I made myself a souvenir penny, we posed for some fun pics by a neat (though scary in the dark) little jail cell & some coaches.



Tonight we're sleeping in the Grand Canyon National Park in Mathers Campground, which is nice, save for the sporadic snow covering.



Tomorrow we enjoy the canyon a little & then head our to Tombstone AZ. I promise we aren't planning on spending 3 nights in each state. lol.