I live 100 mile north of Phoenix Arizona. It is a small town located in what is know as the verde valley. About 14 mile from Sedona AZ which is a tourist town and is beautiful red rock country with Oak Creek Canyon on the other end of town which is also beautiful. There is not much shopping where I live or culture. We go to the White mountains which is about 250 miles from here in the summer and it is alot cooler. I lived in Ohio until I was 15 yrs old and then in Phoenix for 30 yrs. and here for 26 yrs. Not much rain or snow here. It was cold here last week. Got down to 16 degrees a couple nights and one day it never got higer then 37. that is cold for us. It was almost 70 degrees today.My panseys are still ok I covered them up for a few nights. This is considered high desert and not very pretty. Mountains all around us.