We checked out the recommendation of the lovely woman we met the night before. We saw a display of chicano art. Chicano is a fairly political word that was new to Chris, but familiar to me as someone who did…
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…
Day 106-107: Phoenix, Arizona – A Show Home in Chandler
We took a day off due to having the cheapest hotel of the tour that is any good (and the whole driving 360 miles on the day before. It is actually cheaper for us to live at this Econo Lodge in…
Day 105: New Mexico and Arizona
We woke up obscenely early as we weren’t really on Mountain Time yet. We set off on what turned out to be our longest drive of the trip at 361 miles in one day, nearly entirely on roads in the…
Day 104: Albuquerque, New Mexico
After an acceptable night in a hotel with a great bed, a freezing, shallow pool and a horrible breakfast, we had a look at Albuquerque. Do check out the video: We started out heading north to Rio Rancho, which is a…
Day 103: Roswell, New Mexico
We spent the morning doing the thing most people go to Roswell, New Mexico for, the International UFO Museum: It was about as cheesy and odd as one would expect. They had some attempts at being serious, and the first…
Day 102: The Texas Panhandle
We woke up extremely early for our standards, in that we managed to see our first sunrise of the trip in Shamrock: After a quick breakfast as the hotel didn’t even make coffee (despite still having all the stuff out on display…
Day 101: Oklahoma City
We spent most of the day in Oklahoma City after an acceptable stay in one of their airport hotels. It had one building that was much taller than the rest: We went into an open episcopal church and met a…
Day 100: Into Oklahoma
Before we left Dallas, Robbi’s parents kindly treated us to breakfast at an Ameri-Mex restaurant, which was the sort of place where you could very easily have some Tabasco to put on your eggs. We opted for pancakes as we…
Day 99: Back to Work, Back to School
Problem One: Video editing is time consuming and benefits from an office environment. Problem Two: Like most adults, my friend, Robbi, works so it’s not that easy to see her. Answer: I’ll go to Robbi’s work. And as she worked…