Category: Arizona
The Karate Kid
It’s not often you get to visit with someone who’s won multiple national titles in anything. Now add in the fact, she’s only 18 years…
Learning to Ride A…
Many of us remember the struggle of learning to ride a bike as a kid. Eventually we mastered it, and perhaps we’re still riding today….
A Lettuce Tour Ticket
What’s the hottest ticket in the nation? There might be some music stars and sporting events near the top of the list, but a tour…
Agriculture in Yuma, Arizona
This county enjoys the longest growing season in the country and it supplies most of the winter vegetables you’ll find on your plate…… https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Yuma-Agriculture-1.mp3Podcast: Play…
Oceanfront Property in Arizona
George Strait once sang that he had some oceanfront property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw the Golden Gate in free. This…
A Ferry Crossing in the Desert
Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies. In some cases, those ferry operators were able to build thriving…
An Oasis in the Desert
Yuma, Arizona is in the Sonora dessert. The annual average rainfall is about three inches per year. So it is a bit ironic that it…
Undercover at the Sale Barn
Imagine a place of espionage where secret agents carry modified briefcases with hidden cameras capturing images from their reconnaissance missions. Where does such a scene…
An Arizona Pheasant Farm
Most people don’t go pheasant hunting in Phoenix, AZ. But if you to come to Molly’s farm, you will perhaps see more pheasants than you’ve…
Casa Grande
Today skyscrapers in Phoenix tower above the city below. Roll back the clock six hundred years and it was this building that towered above the…
