By Nic Lindh on Sunday, 05 February 2012
My idea of a weekend drive is to go to CostCo, so I was very happy my friend Joe talked me into a photo safari to the real Arizona outside Phoenix.
There’s an old joke goes something like, “be careful when you leave Atlanta because you’re about to go into Georgia.” The same is very true in Arizona. The Phoenix metroplex, with all its problems, is a major American city, whether it wants to be or not (hint: it doesn’t), but it’s a city nevertheless. Once you leave Phoenix, though, you’re in Arizona.
And Arizona brings it, Deliverance style.
We went to Cleator (five houses, two trailers, a general store and, obviously, a bar) and Watson Lake, which is beautiful in a surreal way. (The links go to Google Maps). Click the image above for a slideshow.
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A few tips that might make your next long-haul flight less terrible.
Nic has travel experiences and wishes he thought he was immortal like other people apparently do.
I have a ten hour layover at Chicago O’Hare and it’s terrible.
Alex Trebek was one of the people who welcomed Nic to America, many years ago.
Did you know Las Vegas is kind of nutty?
Nic has a retinal tear and has his vision is saved by a laser.
The Lindhs visit Pacific Beach and discover a huge bass system and surfers.
Nic gets in touch with his inner life coach and offers up a simple rule to find out if an idea is good or not.
Get medieval on your fascia.
The Lindh family visits the Big Apple and it is good.
You meet interesting people at the Apple Store. And everybody has a limit.
Nic practices yoga. It doesn’t go well.
It’s Caturday. Nic introduces one of his cats.
Nic ruminates on the changes ten years have wrought.
Nic ransacks his memories to recount a year of Swedish weather.
Nic loves Thanksgiving but, seriously, the bird’s got to go.
Nic discovers yoga/Pilates is a great antidote to middle-age decrepitude.
The horrific events in Norway hit home for Nic.
Nic takes his daughter to go nerd watching at the Phoenix ComiCon.
Nic talks about the early days of the Apple Store and how it came damn close to killing him.
Nic finds that Vibram FiveFingers help with his chronic compartment syndrome. This makes him happy.
Nic discovers Nine Inch Nails as a broke student with an IROC-Z in Louisiana. He still loves Pretty Hate Machine.
