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St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic-style Episcopal church.  Built in 1876 to replace an earlier church that had burned down in 1875.

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There is no shortage of drinkin’ establishments here…

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I see my future if I stay here too long…       

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Think I better make a call and head on down the road…

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Speakin’ of makin’ a “call”…   

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The Love Shack Baby!

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Oh Thank You!  Open 25 hours a day….

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mmmmmm….

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Oh look!  Cute Little Bunnies!

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On Exit 69 too!   

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You have arrived…

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After our visit to Virginia City, it was time to take the road less traveled, US Highway 395.  This run takes you near Mammoth Lakes, Kings Canyon National Park Yosemite National Park and Death Valley National Park.

The temps where in the 100’s and staying hydrated was a must.  A number of short stops along the way but they were short and sweet since we stayed in Lake Tahoe and Virginia City most of the day.

Besides catching all of those bunnies can be exhaustin’!   

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Day Eleven | Barstow, CA – Page, AZ | 550 miles

Got an early start to head to Oatman, AZ!

Oatman started life over 100 years ago as a mining tent camp, and quickly became a flourishing gold-mining center. In 1915, two miners struck a $10 million gold find, and within a year, the town’s population grew to more than 3,500.

Oatman was named in honor of Olive Oatman, who as a young girl, was kidnapped by an Apache tribe, sold to Mojave Indians and later rescued in a trade in 1857 near the current site of the town. Oatman was served by a narrow gauge rail line between 1903 and 1905 that ran 17 miles to the Colorado River near Needles, California.

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Oatman is a fun place to visit — an authentic old western town with burros roaming the streets and gunfights staged on weekends. The burros are tame and can be hand fed.

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The Oatman Hotel, built in 1902, is the oldest two-story adobe structure in Mojave County and has housed many miners, movie stars, politicians and other scoundrels.