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Road Trips

From Bristol to Tucson, across the southwest of the US, and back again.

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The first road trip

About 3,500 miles across Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California, from Bristol to Tucson and back from Los Angeles.

The first road trip

1 - Bristol to Tucson

5 October 2017

One year ago, pretty much to the day, I was taking off towards the US for the very first time in my life. I was going to make reality a dream that I had had for over 10 years: a road trip in the southwest of the US.…

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2- Discovering southern Arizona

6 October 2017

The following morning, I wake up early. The jetlag going west is always better to me than the other way.

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3- Tombstone and Tucson

7 October 2017

On Saturday morning, I wake up early but I am feeling better. I am starting to recover from the jetlag et the sun that I can see through the curtains helps me get up. It is already quite hot outside and it is so nice…

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4- Nogales Sonora - Mexico

8 October 2017

Today is our last day in southern Arizona. Starting tomorrow, our road trip begins. We are going to take advantage of today to have a look at how things are on the other side of the border.

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5- Saguaro National Park

9 October 2017

Today is THE day: we are starting our road trip. As usual since we have arrived here, the weather is perfect and already pretty hot. There is no cloud in sight and for us coming from the UK (and even more so in…

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6- Phoenix outlets and Jerome Ghost town

10 October 2017

After a good night sleep, we are getting ready for the second day of our trip. Today we are going to take a walk in some of Phoenix outlets before leaving the city for Jerome Ghost Town.

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7- Winslow, Route 66 and Petrified Forest

11 October 2017

After a good night’s rest, we load the car for our third day of travelling through the southwest of the US. As usual, the sky is of a cloudless blue and we won’t complain about it.

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8- Grand Canyon – part 1

12 October 2017

This morning, it is raining… no, I am just kidding, of course it is sunny. Like every day since we arrived. We spent the night in a motel in Flagstaff. The temperature is a little colder this morning because we are…

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9- Grand Canyon and Kayenta

13 October 2017

Today we have to pack up our luggage again. Tonight we will stop in Kayenta. After breakfast, we are back on the road towards the entrance of the Grand Canyon National Park. We try a different route today. It is…

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10- Monument Valley

14 October 2017

When we wake up, it is a cloudless sky that awaits us once more and we discover the surrounding scenery that we couldn’t see last night on arrival. We are still in the middle of the desert but the colours have…

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11- Lake Powell and Horseshoe Bend

15 October 2017

Today, still the same type of weather, sunny, cloudless, the day promise to be very nice once again and we are not complaining.

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12- Las Vegas

16 October 2017

After the quiet day we had yesterday and a good night sleep, our batteries are fully charged again and we are ready to get on with our day.

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13- Las Vegas, Hoover dam and Pahrump

17 October 2017

It is once again very sunny outside when we wake up. We are well rested after the long walking day we had yesterday. And after a quick shower, we are all in the lift down the 22 floors to hand back the magnetic cards…

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14- Death Valley and Los Angeles

18 October 2017

Pahrump quiet is really relaxing after 24 hours in Las Vegas and the house we had for the night was perfect for us. The sun is raising on the desert and we have our breakfast while the temperature is still bearable.

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15- Los Angeles – Warner Bros – Malibu beach – Santa Monica

19 October 2017

Today is the first of the two days that we are going to spend in Los Angeles. The plan for today is: Walk of Fame and its stars, Hollywood and its mansions, the girls have two passes to visit Warner Bros studios and…

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16- Los Angeles, downtown, Santa Barbara, Venice Beach and San Diego

20 October 2017

Second day in Los Angeles and I realize that during the whole time of this trip, we have slept in the same bed twice in a room only three times.

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17- San Diego and back to LAX

21 October 2017

Today is our last day in the US. These two and a half weeks have really flown by and it is hard to think that we will spend the next night in the air and that in just over 24 hours I will be back in the office.

The first road trip

18- Conclusion of the first trip

22 October 2017

I think that it is easy to understand from what I wrote here that I loved this trip. I can say without exaggerating that these two and a half weeks were the best holidays of my life.

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Going back to the US

Looking for a way to live in the US, a second trip, a Dodge Challenger and the workshop that led to the Cadillac project.

Going back to the US

19- First try to go and live in the US

23 October 2017

This part of the story doesn’t have much to do with American cars but it leads to it so I will try and cover it quickly to come back to the topic of interest.

Going back to the US

20- Second trip and Dodge Challenger

27 April 2018

For this second trip, considering how cheap the flights were, I managed to convince my mum to come with my wife and I so that she could see the US and where my brother lives so we will meet in London and then fly the…

Going back to the US

21- 45 cars under the same roof and the workshop of my dreams.

1 May 2018

Today is the day. The fuel tank is full and it is 7 am when I crank up the V8 of the Challenger. We have a 3 hour drive ahead of us plus the way back tonight so it is going to be a long day because I want to spend as…

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