Tomorrow we drive from Flagstaff Arizona into New Mexico, and screenings in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

Arizona could not have gone better.

We had four screenings – one in Phoenix, two in Sedona and one in Flagstaff.
All were sold out.
Not only were they sold out, the theatre managers had to turn people away.

In Sedona, the theatre manager put ten extra folding seats into the cinema in each session to try and cater for the demand, and even then there were people on the wait list who missed out.

And the response in every screening so far has been the same – overwhelmingly positive.

Jennifer and I have hit the ground running. We’ve hardly had any spare time – what with driving from town to town, checking into a new hotel each day, prepping for the screenings, doing the Q&As, chatting to wonderful new friends and thanking those that are helping make these screenings a success – it’s been full on!

But in amongst it all we’re managing to grab moments of real joy.

• Having fried catfish at Famous Dave’s in Peoria, Phoenix.

• Driving through the desert –
  (Jennifer took this photo below – note the expansive headroom…)

• Catching up with dear friends such as Diane Sova –

• And the surprise reunion with celebrated filmmakers (Love Heals) Dana Croschere and Krisanna Sexton –

• And capturing moments of real Americana –

Tomorrow’s a day off. We’re driving through to Albuquerque but stopping halfway at Gallup, an historic town that’s been the location for several famous movies.

The trick to us getting through this demanding schedule is to grab these joyful moments when we can, and savour them –

Later I’lll put up a post with links to tickets at the various Q&A screenings we’re attending.