Felix!

[PsychoDiablo]

Don't know about BAW, but when you live close to Phoenix you almost forget your in Arizona, besides the heat

[BAW0343]

    Yea downtown Tucson can really be just about anywhere in the US,  Its the outskirts and weather that gets ya!   The picture in my last post is a small patch of desert still unused by the local park,  what they may do with it is still unknown but I like it the way it is.

    The houses are actually spread out like most suburban areas, just lightly different style.  The nearest city actually touches Tucson, then its maby 20 miles to the next small town, 100 to phoenix.  Check out Google earth for yourself and see it.  And during summer, yes many do want to get out, and many do.  However during winter people flock to our city, we call them Snowbirds  ;D  they leave the extreme cold of their home and come here, then in summer they flee the heat and go back home.

[Fozzer]

I find it fascinating, finding about Desert Regions in the South West U.S. like Nevada and Arizona, and parts of Texas....
...what about New Mexico...?
They are so totally different  to my Temperate Zone, here in England.
The buildings and Flora, (deciduous trees, etc), are completely different from dry, desert regions!
Our weather is mostly Mild for most of the year, with few extremes.
The scenery is mostly green and lush, (certainly in my garden!)... ...!
And the temperature is mostly "comfortable"... ...!

F...(England)... 8-)...!

...any more "Desert Folk" out there... ...?

[H]

[color=#003300]Outside of the dustbowl era, the central midwest is mainly prairy with scattered groves of trees (farmers stopped planting them when the Federal U.S. stopped paying them to do so -- actually uprooted much of them).
Winters can be blustering cold but I once had a quart of milk turn to cottage cheese just by letting it sit on the counter for an afternoon: 114

[Mushroom_Farmer]

Hi Paul, here's how I remember it: New Mexico is rather neat in that it varies greatly from north to south. In the north it is much like Colorado, which it borders. You have Taos, Chama  and Angelfire for skiing, lakes, streams, and reserviors for fishing, and plenty of mountainous areas for camping, hunting, and just frolicing about ( ). The central area is a mix of desert and prairie. Santa Fe is the capitol and is in the southern Rockies, just north enough to at least get a little snowfall every winter. The ruts made from wagons can still be seen on the old Santa Fe trail. Albuquerque is near the center of the state and is probably the largest city in the state. Magdalena is south of Albuquerque and north of Socorro. It was once a booming cow town. To the south there is Las Cruces were it really looks like the desert most people think of-dry and dusty with little vegetation.
There's more, but I wanted to keep this short.

the central midwest is mainly prairy with scattered groves of trees (farmers stopped planting them when the Federal U.S. stopped paying them to do so

They still pay through renting and subsidizing. Look up Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) and Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), among others.

[Fozzer]

Thanks, Lads...;)...!

One of my little Maps, sitting permanently on my Desktop Screen, showing the geology of the U.S. ....>>>>

.;.... handy for my daily exploration.. ...!

F.... 8-)..!