All the green is gone , here in the midwest
The brown and gray is here to stay,

Longing for the views of many years past to
recollect grand times in the copper state

Book a flight after the holidays!!

or

maybe some Arizonuts have some pics laying around

Sure thing... Prescott on Thanksgiving eve

Bendable, this was the sunrise a few weeks ago...

Not that I am knocking it, but so many people want to go outside the U.S. to see the sites but there are so many places here that people miss out on our natural places of beauty. It is beautiful country there.

after 8 years in CA , I did not think that anywhere could offer as much , in spectacular scenery .
then I saw the Colombia river gorge

maybe I hit the gorge at just the right time of year ,

Mogollon Rim east of Payson.

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I too miss the beauty of AZ so I subscribe to Arizona Highway magazine that monthly sends me beautiful photos of the state.

This morning's Arizona Sunrise

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k5blazer

Nice!

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Mogollon Rim east of Payson.

My old Home.

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Originally posted by bendable:
All the green is gone , here in the midwest
The brown and gray is here to stay,

Longing for the views of many years past to
recollect grand times in the copper state

I took the family to the south rim of the Grand Canyon, Spring Break of 2018 ... first time I'd been back since 1976 when I graduated High School ... until we went back I can't say that I'd missed Arizona at all. Other than riding dirt bikes in the desert.



In my sophomore year of high school we moved there for my sisters health, I loved my sister but I resented having to leave everyone and everything I knew to live there ... so much that the beauty was wasted on me.

I love you Arizona

Your mountains

Tucson Mountain park by Brad Benzing, on Flickr

Tucson Mountain Park

Your deserts

Painted Desert by Brad Benzing, on Flickr

Painted Desert

Your streams

Salt River by Brad Benzing, on Flickr

Salt River, Salt River Canyon

I'm so freaking homesick I could cry.

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I'm so freaking homesick I could cry.

We took the pictures I posted on my first trip back home in 40 years. I know exactly how you feel. I was last in Tucson in 1978.

I hope to retire to Arizona in a few years.

My birthplace:
Bartlett Dam.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Yes, I really was born there. My dad was one of the construction crew and I came early, making it impossible to reach the Scottsdale hospital.

flashguy

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thanks folks , good job !

Bonnie will be visiting friends and family in mid Febuary, for ten days , in Mesa .
unfortunately, they don't have room for me in their double wide trailer

air fares are awesome now, but I can't swing a motel and a rental car, even with zero intrest on the credit card

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