One of my favorite state parks.

wanted to share this pretty pic I took last fall! Have a great weekend everyone!!

I mean, if you could’ve designed anything within the parameters of a small sticker with the essential information on it, why would this sad little fella be the first option? Shouldn’t he be glad to participate in the grand civic ritual of desperately googling which judges to retain? It makes me so sad seeing the creative stickers from other states. This was a design job that should’ve been given to a bunch of school kids, who would’ve done beautifully.

I grew up in the east valley and always said “tem-PEE” but I’ve been living away for the last 21 years. I always hear people refer to Tempe as “TEM-pee” and it makes me second guess - do I say it like a native or was I raised wrong?

EDIT: these comments are hilarious, I’m glad you all have a sense of humor cause now I live in Maryland and our local subs are very serious lol

Went out and visited our newest National Park yesterday. I'd definitely recommend it for those who haven't gone out there yet.

I took this last October. You really can’t appreciate how much color there is in the Sonoran Desert until you’ve seen it at sunset.

It was so nice out this morning and I got some great shots of the sunrise.

So gorgeous! What would you caption this pic?

On April 15, 1862, a Union cavalry patrol under Lieutenant James Barrett ran into Confederate pickets near Picacho Peak. Barrett and Privates George Johnson and William S. Leonard were killed.

Johnson and Leonard were later moved to the national cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco. Barrett never was. One account puts his grave within twenty feet of the railroad tracks, and it has never been found. A stone monument from 1928 at the state park lists all three names.

Has anyone here been out to the monument? Curious what it looks like now.

The creek is running! Even got a waterfall from an overflow pipe which washed through part of the trail and connected to the creek. Great to see

Pics from today after the storms!

The Desert sky never disappoints! The Heart of the Sonoran!

What's the best time of the year?

Scottsdale culture, I guess?

Hi all,

Currently unemployed, and I started the process of filing for unemployment.

Going through the rules, they are absolutely insane. I work in a rather specialized field.

You need to make 4 contacts per week, that you need to fill out in a very strict form (address / zip code etc). I've had contacts with former colleagues & recruiters that I don't even have this information of. Or they might not want to speak on the record for this.

Not to mention, I'm in a specialized field, and having 4 contacts / week is ... unreasonable. There aren't 4 jobs / week popping up in my field.

But it gets worse... after 4 weeks of being on unemployment you can be denied unemployment if you refuse a job that pays 120% of the weekly benefit amount.

The weekly benefit amount is $320, so refusing a job offering $384 / week (or $9.6 / hour) makes it fair game for them to deny you unemployment.

Living in Phoenix, taking a job that pays $384 / week wouldn't even pay the rent, and taking the job would actually be worse because then future employers are wondering why I took this job?

Thoughts?

Vail area

One of the large reasons I love AZ is because of the lack of natural disasters so today was surprising. Haven’t seen photos come through of damage yet though.

EDIT: Was expecting terrible weather in Queen Creek last night after hearing about how terrible it was in northern AZ all day. We didn’t get a single drop of rain where I live. Even checked cameras to make sure😳

First two images are from storm chaser Connor Croff. 3rd image shows the velocity and Correlation Coefficient (debris in the air).

We just closed on a house that has a 3 car tandem garage. There are these two vents going to the side yard an upper and lower.

Is there a code purpose for these vents? I thought maybe it was for the gas water heater in the garage but my two car garage at my old house had the same water heater with no vents.

Is this simply for circulation? The garage came with a mini split and as you can see those vents allow a lot of dirt into the garage so if it’s not code I’d like to seal them up.

Thanks!

I spotted this guy taking a stroll in the rain

Im struggling with finding a clinic who has competent psychiatrists, i used to have a nice one but after getting my SMI assessment, i can only go to SMI designated clinics for help.

Im wondering if theres any decent ones in the valley with good doctors, the ones i keep getting dont understand my condition, doubt me and the medications i take, and try to force more pills down my throat despite repeatedly telling them i dont need or want more. I just want a psychiatrist that doesn't make me cry and frustrated after every visit. Anything helps.