Day 30 - Grand Caynon to Oatman to Kingman

Thirty minutes away from Grand Canyon, we realized we had forgotten our sneakers! After this hour delay, we arrived at the Deer Farm to see a buffalo named Mary Ann! Maryanne was especially excited about this bison.

HOWEVER it turned out it costs 8.50 to enter the Farm, so we drove away. Seriously, we have seen more animals in the wild and the buffalo seen in SD have been renamed Mary Ann and Hellen to make up for any pain caused by this non-experience.

We then drove to Oatman, which is in Arizona as well. This city is a wild west town, with people in costume running around. We witnessed a gun fight and bar fights. Some cowboy had stolen another’s daughter and threatened to, “send her back screaming!” Ferocious.

(You can also get married here! The groom doesn’t show up, is dragged back by cowboys and chained to the alter, then another cowboy shouts that he opposes the wedding because he’s already married to the bride! That wench!)

The stores were named things like, “Fast Fannies,” “Glory Hole,” and “The Classy Ass.” And there were all sorts of ridiculous events, like bed races in January. Helen plans to return. AND there were wild burros roaming around.

This town had originally been a mining town, but after WWII, it became dead and has been reinvented by none other than, a MARS HILL COLLEGE ALUM!

OH YES! While getting ridiculous old time photos done, we talked to the guy taking the pictures. We soon learned that we shared an alma mater! He was about 70 and used to tease Ms. Virginia, our Sunday omelet lady! Everyone else was gone and he had attended MHC when it was a 2 year junior college.

And yes, he was now the start cowboy re-enactor and everything glorious about MHC put inside a human.

After celebrating ourselves and school, we drove on ROUTE 66 to Kingman!

Our host for the night, Tanya had just received her tax rebate and took us all out to celebrate and see the nightlife!