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Ryan Cook

Apr 1, 2025

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Oatman, AZ—Donkeys and Danger on Route 66

Oatman, AZ, is a ghost town. Don’t tell that to Oatman, though. Despite having technically been abandoned, Oatman is still bustling with motorcyclists and other motorists traveling on Route 66. This small hamlet in the western Black Mountains of Arizona is known primarily for two things—danger and donkeys.

4 min read

My Route 66

There’s magic in abandoned roads. Their secret histories, hidden in woods and deserts, tug at our imaginations. As a child, while on road trips, I loved tracing lost highways; sections of deserted roads that wind back and forth across the efficient paths of modern highways. Sometimes, they circle off

3 min read

Review: Sands Inn & Suites—San Luis Obispo, CA

San Luis Obispo is known for its motels. In fact, the term “motel” was coined here in 1925, when architect and developer Arthur Heineman opened the Mo-Tel Inn—the world’s first “motor hotel”. In a time when it was typical for most road-trippers to stay in tents or wooden

3 min read

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