We set off early trying to beat the heat. First stop Old Tucson Studios, $20ea entry. It's been used to shoot movies, mostly westerns since the 50's. We had a good look around, did a tour with an old guy dressed as a cowboy who at one time was in few movies there and watched a shoot out. The little house on the prairie (yuk) and the High Chaparral was also filmed there. Many of the sets from that are still there. From there we went to the Sonora desert museum, r...

We woke early after a solid nights sleep. A nice cool morning greeted us as we headed to the 6am breakfast, back to our room to pack and we were off again. We had the roads pretty much to ourselves, few others were stirring before 8am. We passed a lot of agriculture, most fields looked recently cropped but some were still planted, cotton and soy bean were predominant. The cheapest gas we saw advertised was $1.99/ gal or about 70c/lt At some points we were just...