Cramizona

[Don Coyote]

One of my old cabal mates from Hawaii, Grog the Unkindly, lives right outside of Pheonix.

True-fact: there are only 4 parts of Arizona: Tucson, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, and bum-fuck nowhere. "Phoenix" is actually a metropolis of four large cities, all crammed together. The greater Phoenix area owns all the land between there and Casa Grande (the outskirts of Tucson, Point of No Return.) 

The Grand Canyon has been built around quite a bit, seeing as it is a tourist attraction, and is its own place. Most of the snowbirds that are just vacationing and don't actually have a second home here (I shit you not) go here.

There's Tucson, which everyone knows is The Holy City of She What Done It All, and would you believe its relatively tiny? only about 40 miles x 40 miles square, including Marana, South Tucson, Sahuarita (which is more part of BFN than they care to admit), and the tiny villages in the mountains.  Nobody knows how many there are, and no one cares to go check; there are stories, whispered only when the emergency response teams that responded to the last Great Burning get drunk enough to let it out.

Lastly there is bum-fuck N O W H E R E.  This is interesting, because there are miles and miles of living land (though you lot from where there is too much nature wouldn't recognize it) covered in miles and miles of dying highway, and if you blink at the wrong time, you'll miss the last gas station for 100 miles with no way to turn around.  Aside from that, there are tons of dirt roads that will lead you to nowhere (the kind that calls to the City's inhabitants from times to time), and occasional historic towns tucked away here and there. There are no NEW towns, and there haven't been for at least a hundred years.  There's a kind of furtive quietness about all of these towns, hoping against hope that one of the Big Three won't swallow them up and steal their children and their souls.

Coyote, plotting road trip of hell through Arizona. Deserts don't scare him.

Which way you going to come from?

No clue, this won't be happening until next summer though. If you are going to drive through a desert better fucking do it when it fucking stupid hot.
Grew up with red neck AC and can steer with a single finger on the wheel.

Good luck with that.

The inside of your car will reach 120F.

Only if I leave the windows up, or my AC dies. And I won't be tempting fate.

[Luna]

One of my old cabal mates from Hawaii, Grog the Unkindly, lives right outside of Pheonix.

True-fact: there are only 4 parts of Arizona: Tucson, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, and bum-fuck nowhere. "Phoenix" is actually a metropolis of four large cities, all crammed together. The greater Phoenix area owns all the land between there and Casa Grande (the outskirts of Tucson, Point of No Return.) 

The Grand Canyon has been built around quite a bit, seeing as it is a tourist attraction, and is its own place. Most of the snowbirds that are just vacationing and don't actually have a second home here (I shit you not) go here.

There's Tucson, which everyone knows is The Holy City of She What Done It All, and would you believe its relatively tiny? only about 40 miles x 40 miles square, including Marana, South Tucson, Sahuarita (which is more part of BFN than they care to admit), and the tiny villages in the mountains.  Nobody knows how many there are, and no one cares to go check; there are stories, whispered only when the emergency response teams that responded to the last Great Burning get drunk enough to let it out.

Lastly there is bum-fuck N O W H E R E.  This is interesting, because there are miles and miles of living land (though you lot from where there is too much nature wouldn't recognize it) covered in miles and miles of dying highway, and if you blink at the wrong time, you'll miss the last gas station for 100 miles with no way to turn around.  Aside from that, there are tons of dirt roads that will lead you to nowhere (the kind that calls to the City's inhabitants from times to time), and occasional historic towns tucked away here and there. There are no NEW towns, and there haven't been for at least a hundred years.  There's a kind of furtive quietness about all of these towns, hoping against hope that one of the Big Three won't swallow them up and steal their children and their souls.

Coyote, plotting road trip of hell through Arizona. Deserts don't scare him.

Which way you going to come from?

No clue, this won't be happening until next summer though. If you are going to drive through a desert better fucking do it when it fucking stupid hot.
Grew up with red neck AC and can steer with a single finger on the wheel.

Good luck with that.

The inside of your car will reach 120F.

Only if I leave the windows up, or my AC dies. And I won't be tempting fate.

When the car seat broils your testicles, don't come crying to us...

[The Good Reverend Roger]

There's only one way to do this.

Have all the car's checks and services AND a safety check done by a competent mechanic.

Load 10 gallons (minimum) of water into the vehicle, plus a cooler with a day's food.

Gas up at the edge of the desert.  Carry cell phone.

Go for fucking broke.  Don't stop for stranded RVs...It's a trap.

[Don Coyote]

There's only one way to do this.

Have all the car's checks and services AND a safety check done by a competent mechanic.

Load 10 gallons (minimum) of water into the vehicle, plus a cooler with a day's food.

Gas up at the edge of the desert.  Carry cell phone.

Go for fucking broke.  Don't stop for stranded RVs...It's a trap.

Roger, I know and I appreciate the concern. I did grow up in High Desert. My family used to go out for excursions into the desert. I already have 4 days worth of food in my car at all times and 5 gallons of water plus climate appropriate 'oh shit' gear. Trust me I have no intention of getting stranded due to my own incompetence and arrogance and if I do end up stranded I have no intention of dying from the heat.
When I do make this trip I'll plot it out, let people know where I am and where I am going, and where the gas stations are.
I may be many things but I know better than to fuck with the deserts. They will the whole thing all over your ass.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

There's only one way to do this.

Have all the car's checks and services AND a safety check done by a competent mechanic.

Load 10 gallons (minimum) of water into the vehicle, plus a cooler with a day's food.

Gas up at the edge of the desert.  Carry cell phone.

Go for fucking broke.  Don't stop for stranded RVs...It's a trap.

Roger, I know and I appreciate the concern. I did grow up in High Desert. My family used to go out for excursions into the desert. I already have 4 days worth of food in my car at all times and 5 gallons of water plus climate appropriate 'oh shit' gear. Trust me I have no intention of getting stranded due to my own incompetence and arrogance and if I do end up stranded I have no intention of dying from the heat.
When I do make this trip I'll plot it out, let people know where I am and where I am going, and where the gas stations are.
I may be many things but I know better than to fuck with the deserts. They will the whole thing all over your ass.

They're kind of like oceans that way, but take longer.

[East Coast Hustle]

What about Flagstaff? Or is that even really part of Arizona?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

What about Flagstaff? Or is that even really part of Arizona?

Flagstaff is to Phoenix what the University District is to Tucson.

[East Coast Hustle]

[Sister Fracture]

What about Flagstaff? Or is that even really part of Arizona?

Flagstaff is to Phoenix what the University District is to Tucson.

This is truth.

[Rumckle]

The other thing you should consider, Cram, is if you can handle the 100F + heat.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The other thing you should consider, Cram, is if you can handle the 100F + heat.

That's April.

Phoenix gets to 117F in July, easy.  Oh, and the monsoons...Oh, yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxQSJj3pypA

[Sister Fracture]

The other thing you should consider, Cram, is if you can handle the 100F + heat.

That's April.

Phoenix gets to 117F in July, easy.  Oh, and the monsoons...Oh, yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxQSJj3pypA

It's like watching your death come in?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The other thing you should consider, Cram, is if you can handle the 100F + heat.

That's April.

Phoenix gets to 117F in July, easy.  Oh, and the monsoons...Oh, yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxQSJj3pypA

It's like watching your death come in?

No, the later bit.  Where all the water comes in.

[Jenne]

No the real fun part isn't the HIGHS. Those, you're warned about. It's the LOWS. pitch-dark outside and it's motherfucking NINETY-FIVE DEGREES F at TWO IN THE MORNING.

No relief, man. None.