Saguaro
State Flower
Saguaros at sunset
_______ Cholla
Cholla in bloom
Looks like you can hold it but Teddy Bear Cholla can 
hurt you.__________ Fishhook
Hedgehog
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___Prickly Pear in bloom. Pears are used to make candy & jelly plus is a good food for Bear & Javalina.
Prickly Pear flower
Yucca 
Mescal
Saguaro
PoppysPretty
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Thorny
Owlsclover______________Poppys
Another terrible Arizona sunset
Four Peaks in
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the winter_______ Sedona
Sunset Crater
Montezuma's Well
Meteor Crater
Canyon Lake
Havasu FallsArizona
Niagra * * Grand Canyon * *
The Grand Canyon includes 1,218,376 acres. It is 277 mile long, in places it can be over 18 miles wide and can be over 5000 feet deep.
Winter is my favorite time of the year to visit the "Canyon"
Marble Canyon
Lake Powell
Lake Powell has 100's of canyons like this and has over 1960 _____________ miles of shoreline, that is more coastline than from San Diego _____________to Seattle.
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Rainbow Bridge
Horseshoe Bend
San Juan
River
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Mittens, Monument Valley
Antelope Canyon
Canyon de Chelly
Canyon de Chelly, Cliff Dwellings
Canyon X
Petrified Forest
Womb of the World
Red Rock
Oak Creek
Canyon
Superstition Mountains
San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff
Mount Humpherys
Tallest peak in AZ, 12633 ft.
Not all of AZ. is desert
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Potato Butte
North of Young, AZ
Hell's Gate
West of town
Alittle further West
Wilson Canyon a few miles East
To the South
Salt River
Salt River, High water
Salt River, flooded
You notice your car overheating before you drive it.
You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water.
You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.
You can hear the weather forecast of 115 degrees without flinching.
You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour...and it will be over 100 degrees.
You discover, in July it only takes two fingers to drive your car,because your steering wheel is so hot.
You can make sun tea instantly.
You run your a/c in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.
The best parking is determined by shade.....not distance.
You realize that "Valley Fever" isn't a disco dance.
Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.
It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation and yet all the streets are totally empty of both cars and people.
You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
Sunscreen is sold year round, kept right at the checkout counter.
You put on fresh sunscreen just to go check the mail box.
Some fools will market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them. Worse.....some fools actually try to jog.
You know hot air balloons can't rise because the air temperature is hotter than the air inside the balloon.
No one would dream of putting vinyl inside a car.
You see two trees fighting over a dog.
You can say "Hohokam" and people don't think you're laughing funny
You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River
You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves
You can pronounce"Saguaro", "Tempe", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", and "Cholla"
You can understand the reason for a town named "Why"
You can fry an egg on the hood of a car IN THE MORNING!
You hear people say "but it's a DRY heat!"
You buy salsa by the gallon.
Your Christmas decorations include sand and l00 paper bags.
You think a red light is merely a suggestion.
All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.
You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.
Most of the restaurants in town have the first name "El" or "Los."
You think 60 tons of crushed red rock makes a beautiful yard.
Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.
Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.
Most homes have more firearms than people.
Kids will ask, "What's a mosquito?"
People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out of-state or nuts.
You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you're wearing shorts.
If you haven't worked for Motorola at some time, you must be a newcomer.
You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.
People get their sweaters when the tempature drops below 70�
