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…
Minor Differences: No Daylight Saving Time
A difference from anywhere else either of us have lived is that the majority of the state of Arizona does not observe daylight saving time (summer time in the UK). The rest of the US will be changing this weekend…
The Best of Our HiJenx Journey / And the Winner is…
The best beach of the journey was easily Panama City Beach, Florida: The best sunset was in Albuquerque, New Mexico: The best drive of the trip is a three way tie between driving down the Florida Keys: Driving down Florida’s Atlantic Coast from…
Journey Surprises Part 1
Here’s the video: The sculpture park in South Dakota was still one of the oddest and definitely most surprising experiences. It ties in with the more general unexpectedness of all the roadside things people have built in this country. Even…
Regional Roundup 4: The Southwest
The Southwest was amazing. It includes New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Nevada and Southern Utah. I think this was our favorite region. It has gorgeous weather in that it is hot or warm with the most days of sun per year out of…
Day 111-113: Phoenix, Arizona – Supermoon Eclipse
Since we have really liked Arizona and it is basically head to head with Florida in the current runnings of where we want to live, we stayed yet another day. We caught up on editing and did still more swimming, but also…
Day 108-109: Phoenix, Arizona – The Sonoran Desert and the City
With more energy after a few low key days in the Econo Lodge, we went out to have a proper look at the Sonoran Desert. A mile or so outside of Mesa, the giant saguaro cactuses started appearing. It was like a…