Why I live in Arizona

desert dweller · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 46 Location: Tucson

The high temperature made it to 80 F at my house, in Tucson, this afternoon. The forecast for the rest of the week will be similar. This morning I went on the roof and turned off the pilot light on the heater and cut the power. I will probably not need it again for a few weeks. Jokingly, I called my parents in central Florida and told them that I'm not coming to see them because it was too cold there.

One night last weekend, while most of the country was shivering, I was doing a full moon hike deep in to the Dragoon Mountains where Cochise had a last stronghold. The next day I did a day hike, at 8000', in shorts and short sleeves on southern slopes, five miles from Mexico. Patches of snow were still in the shade.

The desert is beautiful.

cakewalk · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 512

I have not used the heater at all this year... Im here for the same reasons, the warmth and the mountians.

ck1 · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa

I'm here for the high quality elected officials, the superb professional football team, the backup free highways, the clear views from downtown, the crime free neighborhoods and Arizona's high marks for education....oh...wait Embarassed

...I mean...

I'm here for the wonderful environment and to-die-for weather! Laughing

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Daddee · Posted: 1/28/2003, 2:25 pm Post subject:

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Think it's pretty well known I moved here for the golf Crazy

Yeah, that game I haven't played in about six months 'cause I got mixed up with a bad crowd of hikers Eek

Love the heat; don't miss winter at all; just wish I could get all the 49'r and A's games on TV Crying or Very sad

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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902

Nighthiker · Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1714

My parents moved me here because their are no trees in the desert to build a raft or a river to float down on. When I grew up along the Mississippi River in Illinois I constructed rafts and floated down the river only to get in troube by the Coast Guard and the Corps of Engineers

kurthzone · Posted: 1/28/2003, 5:41 pm Post subject:

GTG · Posted: 1/28/2003, 10:00 pm Post subject: why we moved here and such

I moved here so that someday I could put up a website that some really cool people interested in hiking could frequent and make lifelong friends.

GTG
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ck1 · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa

maryphyl · Posted: 1/28/2003, 10:09 pm Post subject:

ck1 · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa

Hey Maryphyl...I think I remember you mentioning (at the old site not to be mentioned)...a book about the Babbitts (Bruce)...am I right?
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"The Journey is the Destination"

mike · What box? Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134

I remember that, too.
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evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Think Maryphyl's related to the Babbits
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John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902

Hopalong · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 12

Aaarrrgghhhhh..............you guys are really testing me!!!!!! I cannot stand it when locals go on and on about how long they've been planted in one spot. GOOODY FOR YOU!!!!!

FORTUNATELY for me my great-great-grandparents were wanderers who crossed an ocean on a piece of sh_ _ ship, then trekked from NYC to Salt Lake City with a bunch of other loonies. Then the great grandparents trekked on further to Idaho, the next generation went to Calif. and the parents went to Alaska. Obviously - I came here? And guess what, my kids don't like it here so I'll assume at some point -they'll be leaving. There, that should make you natives happy. I sometimes wonder if it wasn't those locals that settled here in the 1800's, who had 3 wives and 30 children aren't to blame for the congestion.

So what exactly are you saying - I shouldn't have come here???? Why not? I'm a free, god-loving, tax-paying American. Thankfully, no matter how natives feel, we all can go wherever we want.

Also, in Alaska, you don't call yourself a native unless your skin is brown, even if your grandma is buried in permafrost.

I'll tell you what, living and wandering around this country has given me a pride in America that inspires me. I've been to almost every state and can't wait to get to the ones I haven't.

Sorry for the rant, sorry to offend, it isn't my intention. My intention is just to let local natives know that there are two sides to this story.

One more thing....I love this place - probably more than a lot of natives.
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evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Hi Kelly....like your new avatar

And glad to see AZH women are tough too Agree

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John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902