Driving Route 66 From KINGMAN to OATMAN on Route 66 & Feeding Burros | Arizona
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- Dotted along Route 66 are countless historic tales to tell. Today we drive from Kingman to Oatman, Arizona to casually take in the sights and experience a bit of the Old West traditions - like feeding burros! What could possibly go wrong?
It's an exploration! It's an adventure! Today we take a drive along part of historic Route 66 from Kingman, Arizona to Oatman.
We make a quick stop at Cool Springs, the site of an old gas station travelers long ago used on their long trek west where we took in the scenery and met some colorful characters.
Then we encounter a bunch of burro friends! Three stop us on the road to Oatman and plenty more within the town itself had plenty of thoughts to express about food. We took a quick tour of the street gazing at some of the old historic buildings in search of feed for the burros. One cannot say the place is dull on the weekends as there was an Old West gunfight show and plenty of burros to feed.
With some leftover feed, we headed back to return home and stopped back off to feed our friends from before. And there... it all fell apart.
VIDEO FILMED: 11/27/2022
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00:00 Kingman - Arizona Route 66 Museum
03:41 Route 66
09:24 Roadblock!
10:43 The Sidewinder
14:15 Oatman, AZ
26:39 Hungry, Hungry Burros
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Welcome to the Cactus Atlas! We are Glenn and Amy and invite you to join us as we visit all sorts of locations across the American West. We tour both natural and man-made attractions.
Our base of operations is in the Phoenix, AZ area. We do a lot of hiking and day trips as well as campground reviews and hope that we will be a great resource if you are planning a trip to the American West. We also hope to delight you with our exciting adventures!
Fun leg of Route 66 😎 To answer your question 🙋♂️ the cars had gravity fed gas tanks and if you were low on fuel it would flow to the back of the tank and the engine would run dry
Interesting! Didn't know about that. Thanks so much! 👍
Ouch 😣
Take a good look at 29:00, I thought he was going to bite you then. His ears were fully pinned back and walking relatively fast at you. That was his (their) signal. When ever you see horses, burros, donkeys, mules and some dogs (german shepherds,etc.) with ears pinned just back off and watch out. BTW, I've had as many as 60 horses at one time. That's what happens with the wild ones.
Lesson learned! 😅 We own cats and it's the exact same behavior so interesting to make that parallel. 👍
I'm watching this a 2nd time, I'm finally making my video about my trip there (I already commented below last year) and I just kinda wanted a revamp of the trip...but I just gotta say...my cat is literally sitting here watching it with me and when Glen got out to stop when the burros were in the road my cat was absolutely MESMERIZED! haha! He didn't know WHAT those were! I told him what they were and he just looked at me and looked back at them lol...funniest thing I've seen today...and way cute!
Aww! That's adorable! Give your cat a little head and chin scratch from us. 😄
When I saw that one donkey with his ears laid back, I had a feeling things were going to head south...
I could say it was done on purpose for entertainment value but that would be a lie. Sometimes a little kindness for animals doesn't always go well. 😂
We just drove the Oatman stretch of Route 66 in our RV the other day. No problem. You had a nice day for your drive. Thx for sharing
Thanks! It was a pretty day. Just don't stop and feed the donkeys outside town. 🤣
Looking forward to a video on Olive Oatman, her story has always called to me. Glad you weren't hurt badly! The shock was maybe the worst of it?!! Yes too many people milling around in Oatman, like you i prefer the hinterlands!
One of these days, we'll get to that video. And yes, it was definitely more shock than anything. 😅
Early automobiles had gas tanks between placed between the front seat and the engine so gravity was great for getting gasoline to the old carburetors of that time.
That looked like a fun trip right up to the end. Don’t think I’ve ever heard him have to be bleeped out. Glad it wasn’t serious though.
😂 I THINK I might have done it once before but man .. I could make an entire reel of bleeping just from some of the GoPro footage while driving. Both of us are guilty there. 😅
They had to back up because gas was gravity feed
That was cool, nice tour.
bummer about the Shark
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Oatman has always been one of my favorite Route 66 stops. When I was a kid we had some family that lived in Kingman so every time we visited we ended up in Oatman and it looks the same now as it did then.
I don't doubt that it will look the same in decades to come as well. 😅 It's a really cool little place. In many ways similar to Tombstone and in so many ways completely different. Seligman is another of our favorite stops too.
Awesome! I’ve always wanted to go to Oatman. My first “horse” was a donkey. He was super gentle.
Sorry about your bite. Yowza!
Aww! That sounds awesome! I imagine they make lovely companions when gentle. Thankfully the bite proved to be nothing major. Mostly just shock and a bit of soreness. 😄
@@CactusAtlas I think they are less aggressive if they’ve been raised by humans from day one. Mine was never out running wild.
Any of them could bite or kick. They are wild. If their ears are pinned back they’re angry. Great job on the video. I want to check it out. I hope you’re all healed.
Yup! Glenn wasn't badly injured in the end. It looked much worse than it actually was. 😅
I made the mistake on my first journey along a segment of rte 66 of not STOPPING in Oatman! I drove through it but it was summer and so hot out plus I was kind've trying to make it to Flagstaff before dark. It's such a cute place....I definitely will go there again and then up to Kingman again....loved that drive but it did scare me a little after Oatman and once I was down the mountain area...took so long to get back to the freeway! I thought google might have been wrong!
Yeah, stopping to do anything in Arizona during the heat of summer can just be draining and zap a bit of fun out of exploring. I don't blame you one bit. Hopefully the next time you pass through, you're able to stop and the weather will be nicer. 😄
@@CactusAtlas I definitely plan on going again when the weather is better!
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That was a great video! I hope you're healing from the bite, I love the adventure!
Thankfully was just sore a couple days. All good now! Thanks! 😄
Wow you caught some rare trains! In your train shot in Kingman!! The last two engines still have the classic Santa Fe Warbonnet paint scheme. Kingman has a beautiful old Mission Revival style train station building. Built back in 1907 by the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway! That sidewinder drive is beautiful! The burros are adorable! What a great adventure.
Interesting! Trains aren't really our specialty so we weren't even aware! Thanks for sharing that! 😄
Cars didn't have fuel pumps back then,you needed to make sure gas flowedhrough exit nossel
Those burros are SO cute!! I LOVE seeing them! I really was not familiar with this stretch of highway 66. Interesting!!
They are cute, aren't they? Not as polite as some we've seen in the past 😅 but one still can't help but feel it necessary to give them a treat or two. 😊
Building at 18:48 used in 1962 'How the West was Won'...
Cool! We'll have to watch it to see. Loads of movies we've seen (and not) that filmed in places we've gone and just missed it. 😅
I haven’t taken that road from east to west. Always west to east. We found out last time that the donkeys don’t like dogs. One burro attacked our dog when we got too close. It tried to kick our small dog.
😳 Oh no! Hope that there were no injuries! Was this one in town or outside Oatman?
@@CactusAtlas In Oatman. It was a slow day. Not many people. After the attack a shop owner told us to keep our dog away from the donkeys. They don’t like dogs. My wife had never been to Oatman before.
Oh goodness! I had no idea they would attack a dog. I'm so sorry to hear about this. 😥
Did you have your dog on a leash? Why was the dog allowed to get close to the donkey?
Oatman is a fantastic day trip but…make no mistake, the burro’s are pushy and can and will bite. I took my mom several years ago and when we ran out of biscuits, one bit her arm. I believe it was food aggression and because several were crowding around it just happened. Worth the trip just be careful when feeding them. The people in the town are so kind.
OUCH!!!! Dad gummit, Glenn! Did nobody told ya that them there jackasses are there to take a big ol' hunk out of any tourists who mispronounce "Route 66"???
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I'm still trying to catch up with all your back vids! This was fun, for US VIEWERS! Glad he didn't break the skin! I def knew when he came at your camera with his ears back, he was NOT happy being filmed!😵😠
Hahaha! Yeah, live and learned. Don't feed hangry burros. 😂 It made for some entertainment I suppose!
They hurt when bite
Did you just train the burro that if he bites you, then you will toss down the bag of feed?
😂 I'm not sure we trained the burro so much as reinforced what he probably already figured out.
Lol. Take it from an old horseman: That's what happens when you feed feral equines. I don't like hand feeding even trained equines because they can get pushy & obnoxious with even experienced handlers.
Yeeaaah, lesson definitely learned. I guess that's what you get when you have two people with soft hearts for animals and a hate of wasting money/food. 😅
Please don’t feed the Burros on the road because they will get hit by car! Only in Oatman and you can buy appropriate health food for them. They drove backwards before gas pumps and the gas was gravity fed and if the tank wasn’t full it ran out so they drove backwards to fix that. I love Oatman and I’m trying to persuade my wife we need to move to Golden Valley but she doesn’t want to leave her kids behind 🤷♂️
Donkey is the original animal. Burro is merely Spanish for donkey. A mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse. Carrots work well for horses, probably for donkeys, too. The carrots give you a "safe " handle to hang onto while you feed them. I had a woman give me crap for feeding carrots to the donkeys, but they are good for them, according to info on google.