Video TR: Lake Havasu & Oatman, AZ
Lake Havasu is a turquoise jewel on the Colorado River separating Arizona from California. We boondock on BLM in Craggy Wash while visiting both Lake Havasu City and the town of Oatman along Historic ...
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garyemunson wrote:
Oatman is a great place to visit but with an RV, it's best to only enter the town from the West side. The East entrance, from Flagstaff, has a very dangerous (for RVs) downhill grade. It's best just viewed from Oatman once you come in from the West.
We approached from the west; never saw the grade to the east.
Bumpyroad wrote:
years back, 1975ish, they were offering free plane flights (Hughes air???) out there to see a developing community and a woman in my car pool went out and liked the area. recently I did a real estate search and IIRC there were over 1,000 places for sale or rent. quite a change from the small town when I was looking. Heard they thought they were buying the "real" London bridge however.
bumpy
Yes, Lake Havasu City was a purpose-built community founded in 1964 by the founder of McCulloch oil, and the chainsaw company that bears his name.
