Sam Walker's Desert Diaries

Week thirty-three:  I arrive back home to a much sparklier Phoenix, but get some more really upsetting news.

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Week thirty-two:  I head off on a three-state road trip and discover Trump's America.

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Week thirty-one:  We're woken at 4am with an emergency! Once diaster is averted, I take you on a tour of a dine in movie theatre.

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Week thirty:  As we host our first ever Thanksgiving with new friends, I take stock of the last six months and share some challenges I haven't mentioned before.

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Week twenty-nine:  Rain + cloud + cold + lack of sleep = massive confusion and embarrassment in a DIY superstore.

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Week twenty-eight:  Giggling in galleries, gawping at celebrities and allllll the food and drink with the best friends: NYC delivers. I get home and realise something I never noticed about Phoenix.

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Week twenty-seven:  We visit the amazing town of Jerome and learn about wine, ghosts and women of the night! We wave goodbye to family and I leave Arizona again!

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Week twenty-six:  A throwawy tweet about airbrushing on school photos goes viral and we experience our first Halloween in the desert! Spoiler: the Americans LOVE it!

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Week twenty-five:  We cook up a British storm and confuse the locals and learn the awful truth about what Phoenix was neary called....Plus a rollercoaster week for mum

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Week twenty-four:  Phoenix starts to cool down, we meet up with a bunch of other Brits and think about the chellenges of making new friends - in our forties!

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Week twenty-three:  Phoenix gets busy as the snowbirds come to town. The Vice-President pops to my street and we dip our toe in the American Healthcare system!

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Week twenty-two:  A bitter sweet return home and the the city is full of the detritus of  huge monsoon.

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Week twenty-one:  Mum and I keep driving north, through desert, alongside dramatic cliffs and reach a kind of paradise. But all good things must come to an end...

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Week twenty:  Faced with a dreadful prognosis, we decide not to wait for someone to tell us how long my mum has left to live and decide to go out and find life.

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Week nineteen: I head to Australia to wait and see how sick my mum is.  Its the second time in my life I hadn't planned to go to Perth, but ended up there....

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Week eighteen:  I finally pass my driving test...28 years after taking my first one! Life throws us a curve ball and I need to leave the USA.

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Week seventeen:  The dog finds us our first live snake! We ride back in time on our first desert trek and learn the legend of lost gold!

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Week sixteen:  A devastating week for our family when we get a cruel reminder that with adventure, comes risk.

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Week fifteen:  We head to Payson, often called the Heart Of Arizona and discover an unique shop - that's for sale!

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Week fourteen:  It's already back to school. despite being early August and I learn that unless you really need to, just don't get out of the car.

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