Happy Birthday Arizona!

 February 14, 2023

   It's Arizona's statehood birthday today. Hard to believe but I have been here for the majority of them.

   Yes, it was on this date in 1912, Arizona became the 48th state when President William Howard Taft signed the proclamation.

   How much do I love her? Let me count the ways.

• Spectacular sunrises?

Check!

• Spectacular sunsets?

Check!

• Spectacular neon beer signs?

Check!

• Spectacular canines?

Check!

• Spectacular molcajete ?

Check!

• Spectacular humor?

Check!

• Spectacular heritage?

Check!

• Spectacular history?

Check!

• Spectacular Navajos Stylin' It?

Check!

• Spectacular Knuckleheads?

Check!

• Bonus spectacular sunrises?

Check?

• Spectacular Mexican food?

Check!

   Love this place. As my father always liked to say, I wasn't born here but I got here as fast as I could.

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning."

—Louis L'Amour