Sam Walker's Desert Diaries

Unwanted visitors and more healthcare confusion

A visit to the doctor becomes a massive administrative undertaking and we find an undesirable right on our doorstep!

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There's a shock development in the Phoenix summer and trouble in the neighbourhood with night-time knockers!

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The wildlife has been "active" this week, causing a few shocking moments, but it's also the end of an era, which proves to be bittersweet.

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After the monsoon FINALLY arrives in Phoenix, we escape, en masse to California for a couple of days of sea, surf and sunburn.

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We witness our first haboob and prepare for the monsoon that never comes. Disaster strikes whilst on a mountain retreat!

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Everything, from the weather to working from home reaches a crescendo this week, resulting in an impromptu getaway.

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Attempts to buy the most simple of items brings home the fact that the United States and Great Britain are indeed, as George Bernard Shaw wrote, two countries separated by a common language!

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With another extreme heat warning, we escape the city and head into the cool pines of the Mogollon Rim, discovering rather more than we bargained for. 

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As Phoenix passes more than 100 days without rain, the whole valley is yearning for the monsoons to start. Despite the heat, a suprising craving for English comfort food arises and the hunt is on...

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The long hot Phoenix summer starts to give way to the long hot second summer. Plus jump jet wasps and badass birdies.  

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As the Arizona summer roars into action, how on earth can you feel cold in 47 degree heat? The pain of a collapsed ceiling is quelled by a massive truck!

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The "below average" summer temperatures have alarming consequences and we take a deep breath and dive back into the discombobulating world of the American healthcare system.

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I get checked out by a helicopter on a mountainside and feel very thankful for (socially distant) friends.

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A new week in the new house, we feel like spies collecting our mail and scratch our heads over poilitical messaging.

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We escape the valley for a few days, before continued adventures with trucks and a big problem with a lack of water.

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An unbelievable week involving wild claims, violent threats, police escorts and massive trucks.

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After a horrible experience with a huge bully, we set off to find solace in a very British way!

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A week full of confusing feelings, cold flannels and exciting news!

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Birthday week brings adventures with loo roll of all kinds, the first steps out of lockdown and a childhood nightmare happens in real life. Eek!

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Moving day is fast approaching and house hunting in lockdown gets tricky.  The cats suddenly become an expensive problem.

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