How I Got To Arizona

I have wanted to live in Arizona since my first visit here, in 1961. But it wasn't until 1997 that I was able to make that move. Unknown to me at the time, my future husband, Jason Yates, was a native of Phoenix and had lived in the Greater Phoenix area all his life.

Behind my (then) new Toyota 4-Runner, then-partner and I towed the largest U-Haul we could get. Mom was visiting me in Manchester, NH—it was still summer—so I brought her, too. We drove through New York State, Memphis, Texas, and eventually arrived at the place we had chosen, Snowflake, AZ.

I still had to work, though, traveling to the East Coast nearly every week. The eight-hour round trip to Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport proved too grueling; and in July, 1999, we packed again and moved to Peoria, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix.

With the events of September, 2001, I lost my career as corporate instructor and had to get local work. Currently I am unemployed and living with my husband, Jason, in Chandler.

We still think it's the most beautiful state in the country!

Here are some of my very favorite places in Arizona:

You Know You're In Arizona When... Apache Trail Grand Canyon Kaiser Warm Spring Monument Valley (1997) Petrified Forest Pine Loop Trail Salt River Canyon Sedona Superstitions