The practiced forced landing into convenient nice green fields of the UK doesn't extend across much of the US where the terrain is almost entirely hostile
Not done much flying in the Midwest, have you? Or the southeast, or the deep south?
If you take along a GPS, the deviation will be a no brainer. Find out initially what the difference between mountain standard time (AZ) and Zulu, make a note of it. Its pretty simple to work out thereafter.
If you do decide to do some l o n g cross countries, consider heading northeast to Oshkosh. Not as busy as a month ago, but fun to visit nonetheless. Its about 1275nm, so a couple of days each way? Lots of hour building
Bring a good book for the bits across Kansas, Missouri & Illinois...... Unless you find corn fascinating...
