Arizona tartan

**Pour1Malt** · 28th April 06, 04:20 AM

nice tartan...

funny, I never think o' "green" when ai think o AZ....

ai guess ai've ainly seen the desert parts....

**macwilkin** · 28th April 06, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

nice tartan...

funny, I never think o' "green" when ai think o AZ....

ai guess ai've ainly seen the desert parts....

Oh, yes -- there is plenty of "green" in Arizona -- Northern Arizona, around Flagstaff along the Mogollon Rim, miles and miles of Ponderosa Pine. Absolutely beautiful -- but then, so is the desert! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

**Aggie** · 28th April 06, 06:48 AM

The northern side of the Grand Canyon is pine, spruce and fir. Not at all desert looking.

**Caradoc** · 28th April 06, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

nice tartan...

funny, I never think o' "green" when ai think o AZ....

ai guess ai've ainly seen the desert parts....

...and not much of those, if you don't remember seeing green.

Most of the Arizona "desert" is filled with plants and animal life. There are some odd bits out on the border with California that look like Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine, which is why they filmed parts of "Return of the Jedi" out there, but the rest of the state actually has a lot of plant life.

If it didn't, we wouldn't have to worry about wildfire season every summer - if nothing grew there, there wouldn't be anything to burn.

Arizona has one of the widest varieties of terrain of any state in the Union, from snow country and pine trees to high desert to low desert to a patch at the southern end of the Colorado River that resembles rain forest.

I grew up in Arizona, spent a few years in the Boy Scouts, and got to see a lot of the state.

I hate to say it, P1M, but to put things in perspective, it'd be like saying that someone thinks of Scotland as nothing but rocky mountains and heather. There a lot more to it than that.

**mudd** · 28th April 06, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Caradoc

Arizona has one of the widest varieties of terrain of any state in the Union, from snow country and pine trees to high desert to low desert to a patch at the southern end of the Colorado River that resembles rain forest.

Not to mention; The Grand Canyon, Volcanoes, Sky Resorts, LARGE hydroelectric Dams, etc.

I did most of my growing up there too. I can remember days when the state actually had the highest and lowest recorded temperatures of the contiguous 48 states.

**davedove** · 28th April 06, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by mudd

Not to mention; The Grand Canyon, Volcanoes, Sky Resorts, LARGE hydroelectric Dams, etc.

I did most of my growing up there too. I can remember days when the state actually had the highest and lowest recorded temperatures of the contiguous 48 states.

And let's not forget the best preserved impact crater in the world.

http://www.meteorcrater.com/

**Prester John** · 28th April 06, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Father,
It's not an old tartan by any stretch of the imagination, but it stands for something for me -- my connections to Arizona, my father, my grandfather (may he rest in peace).

Sorry to get sappy, but I think that's why I like it.

Not sappy at all! And a good reason to enjoy such heritage.

As I said, though I don't personally like it, I also have no connections with it...wait a minute. My mom lives in AZ now.

and my brother.

and my little sister...and her husband...and my nieces...and many of my friends...

I think I'm in trouble now!

**Riverkilt** · 30th April 06, 05:28 PM

Looks like the red rocks and scrub sage up here in "Alta Arizona."Ron

**MMCMacL** · 26th August 07, 10:29 PM

Well, I can't say I'm a connoiseurof tartans - anything from it, but I don't care for the pattern either. I'll definitly allow it may look better worn than as digital swatch. Maybe if I know the meaning of all the colors it would mean something. Or maybe its just that I don't care for the fact that I live in Arizona, and have done so for the past 20 years. Ah yes, that must be it.
Oh allright, I'll give it a fair trial before I shoot it down.

**Riverkilt** · 27th August 07, 08:48 AM

I'll bet you like it when you see it in person. Least, that's what happened to me. I didn't much care for it either untili I saw it on Retro Red at the Mesa, AZ games. Now its on my list. Was kinda hoping Kathy Lare could find the source, the guy in Phoenix who controls it, but so far no joy. Red had to have it woven up.

It is a beautiful tartan when you see it eyeball to wool though.

Ron