Katherine Landing, Oatman, and Kingman, Arizona

Katherine Landing was our next stop in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It is located in Arizona just north of Bullhead City, AZ, and Laughlin, Nevada. This was another great campground in the recreation area. Only problem with this one was the Internet ran very slow so I couldn't update the blog as I had planned.

This was our base of operations for touring the area north and south of Bullhead City. Of course we geocached every where we traveled. We found quite a few caches as we drove to the quaint mining town of Oatman on Historic Route 66.There was a cache located at this overlook, only it wasn't at the top of the overlook, it was on the side!

 Just before we reached Oatman, we found this Christmas display with a cache located near by.

 Then it was time to cache in Oatman. One cache was located inside a store, in a container on the counter.

 As you can see, wild burros have the run of the town. They stop traffic on main street.

 Another traffic stopper is the gunfight that is held at noon everyday. The proceeds collected after the show go to Shriner's Hospital for Children.

 The local hotel is being renovated, but its claim to fame is that it was the place where Clark Gable and Carole Lombard spent the first night of their honeymoon. We enjoyed our visit to Oatman and then we continued driving north on Historic Route 66, collecting caches all the way to Kingman, Arizona. We climbed this set of steps looking for cache, but we couldn't find it.

Here is a view of Route 66 as it winds it way from Oatman to Kingman.

This side trip took most of the day so we decided to tour Kingman another day.

We spent some time in the casinos at Laughlin. One day I won 900 nickels on a slot machine! We left ahead that day.

On Saturday we drove to Kingman to see Kingman Army Airfield where B17 gunners were trained in WWII.

Located near the air museum was the Desert Diamond Distillery. Bob and I stopped in to take their tour on the recommendation of the tour guide at Kingman Army Airfield Museum. This still processes rum and vodka.

 For Veterans' Day we went back to Laughlin and  the casinos so Bob could take advantage of some of the specials offered to veterans that day. He got $10 to gamble with at several casinos. You know us, we played with the casino money and left when it was gone. There were several meal specials where his was free, but the restaurants were so packed we decided to go across the river to Bullhead City and eat at Chili's. It was happy hour and we ate for less than my meal would have cost at the casinos!

So far, we have been without electric or water hookups since our first night at Zion. And yes, we are staying well below our $75 a day budget. Staying in the Lake Mead area cut down on our need to fill the RV with gas. I can tell you that we topped the RV tanks as we left Katherine Landing headed toward Lake Havasu, Arizona. More on that in the next post!