On the weekend when Chris’s parents were here, we decided to take them out to see the desert. We started with what one could think of as desert-lite, Papago Park, a park that is in both Tempe and Phoenix that has…
Poolside BBQ with Chris’s Parents
With the arrival of Chris’s parents, we decided to have our first proper barbecue in Arizona. The term for the thing we did gets complicated. I will let wikipedia do some of the explaining: “In general British usage, barbecuing refers to…
Chris’s Parents’ Arrival in Arizona
We have finally had visitors after living in Arizona for 4 months. Chris’s parents came in late April. Check out a short video of their arrival and all the British goodies Chris’s mum managed to squeeze into her bag. More…
Adventures in Lego Trains: Part 4 – LEGO City Trains High-speed Passenger Train 60051
Here is the final installment of Chris’s attempt at making a 5 car Lego high speed train out of a 3 car set:
A Drive Through Mesa, Arizona
On our way to Carl’s Barber Shop and the desert, we had a drive through Mesa itself. Mesa is a place we documented a bit of on our journey, but we filmed places we had not been previously as we had stayed…
LEGO Ghostbusters Ecto-1 21108 Update
Here’s a quick video update on the Lego Ghostbusters kit:
First Rain
We have seen it rain in Arizona. It actually poured with rain the day we had to find somewhere to live. For the following three months after that, we didn’t see as much as a drop. When it did rain…
LEGO Ghostbusters Ecto-1 21108
As a ‘congratulations on your new job’ gift, I got Chris something I had rightly suspected he would quite like based on his childhood taste in movies, the Lego Ghostbuster car from the 1984 film. It was generally quite a well designed…
Back in the Forest of the Saguaro
In September when we were travelling through Arizona, we naturally had a look at the desert. After going to Carl’s Barber Shop to get Chris’s hair cut, we thought we would go try to find the same patch of desert…
Back at Carl’s Barber Shop in Mesa
Arizona happens to be the only place Chris got his hair cut on our journey across the US, so the lovely barber and sci fi fan, Carl, who cut his hair in September is actually now fairly local to us.…