Ahh boo. Last day and sat at the airport. We were heading to the airport lounge but the bloomin thing is “temporarily closed” so we had to buy a drink. Just look at that T-Shirt!!!!

Well, what a trip:

2,026 miles

Circa $225 in gas.

16 nights

4 States

Highest temperature 49 degrees centigrade

Lowest temperature 7 degrees centigrade

Highest point 7,000 feet

Funkiest place – Jerome

Best accommodation – Shady Dell RVs

Number of Harley stores visited – 8

Number of museums – 5

Number of local IPA beers tried – 5

Longest drive – 5 hrs (with stops)

Most expensive hotel (£229) – Sedona

Cheapest hotel (£40) – Laughlin

Number of Harley T-shirts – way too many to count!!

Number of Walmart’s – 3

Number of meals that serve vegetables (or anything that resembles healthy green stuff) – 0

Number of observatories visited -1

Number of US customs checkpoints crossed (while still in Arizona we might add)- 6

(number of border walls – 0)

Number of fire pits enjoyed – 1

Number of days exercised either in room or gym – 12

Number of days in flip flops -16

Worst meal – Kestrel Cafe, Tucson, AZ (yuck, yuck, Philly Steak Sandwich which came out as a stew in a roll)

Biggest surprise – southern Arizona is a haven for hummingbirds

We have driven some amazing roads and spent the majority of time in Arizona cutting through some very different scenery.

Number of hours left to travel home – 22

Chilling around HERE

Temperatures here are a chill 33 during the day and 7, yes you read it right 7 degrees on a night time.

We love this little town, beautiful, quiet and with a wonderful vibe to it. Such a cool place.

Not too sure of the services this motel offers tho.

And if all caravans looked like the American Airstreams, I would definitely buy one.

Oh look, Mrs Fogg’s got a bear behind (childish but fun)

Chilling and watching the stars HERE

A relaxing chill out at Casa Sedona Inn, nothing to do but sit in a 40 degree jacuzzi in 33 degree heat, go for food at a very expensive Italian restaurant where the waiter hovers and grabs your plate the second you put a fork down, then come back and watch the stars.

Next stop is Williams AZ and a lovely little Best Western with jacuzzi and outdoor fire pit (remember that young Kevin).

Stopping for the night HERE

We arrived at the Motor Lodge which is yet another awesome little place, with 1950s decor and a welcome complimentary beer or wine on arrival. The sound of the cicadas is deafening.

Mrs Fogg finds all the funkiest places, what a star!

Next stop Sedona and the Casa Sedona Inn (which looks awesome).

So we did consider stopping for a second night at the Casita but a reality check of a 2hr min round trip to the closest supermarket to get food for the night meant we decided to drive on and continue our journey.

But first we had to drive back out of the dirt roads of the Casitas. Good job we had a Jeep then eh! Let’s go off-roading…

This is looking back from the dirt road at our Casita. Nope, not the buildings you can easily see, look to the left and you can just about see roofs in the middle of greenery. That’s the Casitas.

So here we are in Globe. A basic town in the middle of some incredible scenery but nothing really that holds any interest.

The interesting piece of the journey was traversing the Old West Highway (US-70). What a road, it’s a mountain pass that winds up and down, cuts through Gila National Forest, Apache National Forest and open grassland plains, not to mention open scrub at high elevation (cactus again anyone). A lovely road and so much scenery.

You can just about see the road we came down on this mountain.

And now for food. Most places are shut on Sundays so it’s off to Irene’s for Mexican. And Mrs Fogg decided to attempt a Chicken, Bean and Green Chilli Chimichanga, you can just about make the fire coming out of her ears

Mouth on fire HERE