Going back a few weeks here. A photo I took on my most recent motorcycle event. This was taken at Oatman, Arizona, an old silver mining town where burros roam freely. It's become something of a tourist attraction as the burros were originally used to haul the ore from the mines and when the mines closed the burros were left to fend for themselves. Now during the Laughlin River Run rally one of the popular destinations is Oatman, where the bikers enjoy interacting with the burros. It's not always this up close and personal though.
Great image Ron mule power meets horse power, looks the mule has the tourist trained to feed him to me, nice to see bikes returning to the 365 project :) see one of mine from a few days ago http://365project.org/pcoulson/365-2/2015-05-24
Ha! This is great! When I first saw the image I wondered if you were going to say you'd been in Cooper Creek, CO where burros roam the town just like this, for the very same reason. Hopefully none of the beasts decided to use a bike as something to rub up against to take care of an itch. Thanks for sharing pics from your trip.
here we call them 'ass' :-) love the seemingly forced perspective of the hand putting out the food elsewhere on the ass of the ass. i mean burro. hee-hee!
This photo is nothing short of wonderful! Does this gal know how soft and warm that nose is? It begs to be nuzzled! That;s adorable!!! Must get out and swing by Oatman sometime!
@888rachel Thanks Rachel - when I saw the donkey approach her I knew I had to run around to the other side and grab a few shots. Turned out better than I thought!
@lyndemc I remember that you posted a few shots from Cooper Creek last year. Sounds like a good destination for this wandering sole. Luckily the burros refrained from rubbing up against us - although I suspect that the young lady in the photo was in fact hoping for such an interaction. :-O
@summerfield LOL! Yes, as I recall even the bible refers to them as ass. :-) I tried hard to refrain from using the term in my text - and that was difficult for me!
@joysfocus@joysfocus Thanks, Joy - they are kind of cute - in their own pot-bellied way. :-) These guys are pretty gentle - and they seem to like bikers. Which means they aren't too bright.
Great shot....and, a FAV for so many reasons! Also, why is nobody calling them donkeys?!! Is a burro something different than a donkey? I have a soft spot for these creatures, probably for different reasons than @ weezilou, and glad to see them in your photos. We used to ride them as kids as they were the main form of transportation at the islands we used to go in the summertime....donkeys for the kids and horse drawn carriages for the adults! Stubborn creatures...
@panthora Well, as a result of your question, Osia, I discovered a few things. Turns out Burro is the Spanish name for Donkey, according to the all-knowing authority, Wikipedia, and that burro is actually a small version of the overall category of donkey. Says here in Wikipedia that: "In the southwestern United States, "burro" is used as a loan word by English speakers to describe any small donkey used primarily as a pack animal, as well as to describe the feral donkeys that live in Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah, Texas and Nevada." So I guess they're both burros and donkeys, but these guys are specifically member of the burro group. Who knew?
June 10th, 2015
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