I guess that this belongs here {?}

A year or two ago, a gentlewoman farmer near me decided to adopt 10 cute and adorable donkeys. Yes, donkeys - nice gray ones.

Well it turns out she bought 8 female and two functioning males. The first time I saw them, two of them were (how shall I put this delicately) mating...

Four really, really not-so-cute and adorable baby donkeys later, she had the two males gelded.

Now they all live in platonic peacefullness.

No more frisky donkeys

I always wanted a baby donkey, a mini one though. I never wanted a pony as a kid. Strange?

There's an old gold town in Arizona, not too far frrom Bullhead City. Donkeys, descendents of escaped or freed donkeys of gold miners of a hundred years past, roam freely around the town, often coming into town to be fed by the tourists, who can purchase donkey food from the roadside merchants. As I remember, the town is Oatman.

Oatman, AZ (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?co ... n&state=AZ), your map to the stars, er, donkeys in this case...

See and read (http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/oatman.html) all about Oatman, AZ, here... The town, from what I read, looks quite interesting.

Here is what GT has to say about Oatman, "Named after a woman who was captured and later released by the Mohave Indians, Oatman is still going today. Strike after strike kept Oatman alive, the biggest seems to be the 1915 strike of $14 million. The town had its own paper, the Oatman Miner. The population of Oatman went from a few hundred to over 3500 within a year which lead to long waits at the restaurants. In 1921, a fire burned much of Oatman, but the town was rebuilt. Mining was somewhat sporadic through the next forty years, and Oatman still survives today. - GT"

Take a look and enjoy...

Robby,

This reminds me of a poem about Santa Claus. (http://www.azfunnypictures.com/j32.shtml)

This is where (http://www.azfunnypictures.com/p9.shtml) I hope to spend Christmas eve. Just as soon as I put the kitty to bed.

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