My first 30 years were spent on the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle – Amarillo, to be exact.  After finding myself starting a new life with two small children I could see a big change was in our future.One day I picked up my little ones and headed westward landing 700 miles away surrounded by sunshine and Saguaro cactuses.  Who could leave a setting like this?  The diversity of people and lifestyles and landscapes continues to keep me in wonde...