More on todays trip… To get to Tombstone I hired a car. I was somewhat aprehensive about driving in the USA given that they drive on the incorrect side of the road. By inferenece, we in Australia drive on the correct side. The car rental company was a short walk from the hotel, and they gave me a 2.8L sedan. I ordered a small car – and I can only guess that this is a small car.

Strangely I did not find it too bad driving this car – it just seemed to be almost natural. Reversing it to get it out of the car spot was a bit strange, but I had no problems at all. The issues had to do with spacial dynamics rather than hitting anything. It took me a KM or two to get used to things. This was not a problem in Tucson. What was a problem was that I forgot what was left and what was right. My brain started swapping directions, and I actually found a side street to turn around when I thought that I had turned left when I had really turned right and was wanting to turn right.

Getting onto the interstate was not hard, nor was driving on it. Everyone seemed to be behavng themselves, acting responsibly. I ended up driving about 200 miles today, and felt that it was enough given my lack of sleep. I have certainly got over my phobia of driving in the USA. The one place I did have issues was in shopping centres where there are no real lanes. Working out where to drive there was the problem.