Trivia

[Grasshopper]

I really like your new addition of "Arizona Trivia". interesting and informative!

[joebartels]

@chumley & jack

Look with your soul, your eyes deceive you.

[chumley]

@joe bartels
I thought it was pretty well established here that I don't have a soul! Maybe also heart? :-({|=

[The_Eagle]

Or that corner in Winslow Arizona in the Jackson Brown song.

Learn something new every day....

[CannondaleKid]

Or that corner in Winslow Arizona in the Jackson Brown song.

Jackson Browne started writing Take It Easy but just couldn't finish it so Glenn Frey completed it and it was the first single released by Glenn's new band, The Eagles. (How's that for you Bruce?)

Further trivia...
The inspiration for a girl my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowing down to take a look at me was actually a girl cruising by in of all things, a Toyota pickup... and it happened in Flagstaff. Probably because "Lord" and "Ford" sounded better together?

Why was it written as happening Winslow?
Later, Browne's van broke down in Winslow and when Glenn Frey finished the song he used that as the location.

[azbackpackr]

This has been a great thing for little Winslow. Thousands of people stop by to take photos at the corner with the statue. Also, historic La Posada Hotel, designed by Mary Colter, was refurbished beautifully. If you have not seen it, do so--it's truly splendid!! The Turquoise Room is the restaurant in the hotel, and it's very good. You can even take the east bound Amtrak to get there for only $16 from Flagstaff, (although unfortunately the train leaves Flagstaff at 4:41 a.m.)

Mojo Café in the historic old part of Winslow, near the hotel, serves good coffee drinks and food.

Take your kayak and paddle at McHood Park/East Clear Creek Reservoir. (But not if going by train!)

[chumley]

The jaguar, ocelot, grizzly bear and gray wolf have been practically pushed out of Arizona due to human growth.

I'm glad the grizzly has only been practically pushed out of Arizona. Phew.

[azbackpackr]

@chumley
Hmm, Todd, have to assume you're bored because I went back one page, didn't find this quote, and will not take the time to go back further. I think the quote is a bit inaccurate. Grizzlies were the target of a focused eradication program, and the last one in the state was supposedly the one called "Bigfoot" on Escudilla Mountain. However, when I was researching it for a magazine article I was writing I found that records about when it happened are fuzzy, at best. And it turns out there was at least one more trapped after Bigfoot. So, grizzlies were not "pushed" out. They were eradicated because the people at that time did not want them around for various reasons.

As for ocelots and jaguars, who knows why their numbers are down? Predator hunting, poisoning, etc., coupled with population expansion are likely causes.

As for the wolves, there are more wolves in the wild in Arizona right now than there have been since they were originally eradicated by a government predator program. Last I heard there are a little over 100 wild wolves in the White Mountains/Blue Range area, part of the Mexican Wolf reintroduction program. The original wolves were not "pushed out." They were poisoned, trapped and shot. Not quite the same as "pushed out."

[chumley]

The trivia database might need an update.

Paradise Valley was named so due to its abundance of wildflowers. The abundance has shifted to wealthy residents. Including Mike Tyson, Leona Helmsley, Bill Keene and Dan Quayle to name a few.

Uh, so Leona Helmsley died in 2007. :budrose:

Not so warm and fuzzy.

[SuperstitionGuy]

Uh, so Leona Helmsley died in 2007

Is hers the grave with poison ivy growing on it? ;)

[SpiderLegs]

Isn't Bill Keene gone as well?

[joebartels]

for all practical purposes, they're all gone

[chumley]

For Dan Quayle, I think it's gon.

[SpiderLegs]

Just update Paradise Valley to include Alice Cooper and Rob Halford.

[JasonCleghorn]

Just update Paradise Valley to include Alice Cooper and Rob Halford.

Rob Halford lives in PV?

[joebartels]

perhaps out of date, the pool looks empty
http://hikearizona.com/map.php?QX=4304

[Alston_Neal]

@joe bartels
Holy cow the house is right around the corner of our good friends, as opposed to our bad friends.
So who's Rob Halford?

[SuperstitionGuy]

So who's Rob Halford?

According to the web he is still kicking, er singing. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/judas- ... can-dream/

[SpiderLegs]

Just update Paradise Valley to include Alice Cooper and Rob Halford.

Rob Halford lives in PV?

He's lived here for decades. Had friends of mine remember seeing him at the Mason Jar back in the late 80's hanging out and watching local bands.

[chumley]

The Rodeo-Chediski fire was the worst to scorch Arizona between June 18th to July 7th in 2002. It consumed some 467,066 acres.

Just a Bear Wallow out of date.

[skatchkins]

perhaps out of date, the pool looks empty
http://hikearizona.com/map.php?QX=4304

Go explore it!