Hi Vicki, 
 
VN> that something on the hill spooked a herd of cattle, once upon a tim
VN> that's how it was named.  Didn't make the NAACP happy, though.  It w
VN> than RIDICULOUS.  And, yes, there is a movement here to get rid of e
VN> with SQUAW in its name...close to a hundred items, from Squaw Peak M
VN> Squaw Peak Expressway, etc.  It will cost tens of thousand of dollar
VN> signs, maps, etc.
 
I think people put too much into race descrimination, Alot of people 
grow up thinking badly, I'm not one of those people though, I have a 
tendency to be pro-Native American(Indian) because I really think those 
people were pushed out of their land, But then again I'm pro-Pacific 
Islander and just about every race you can name so I agree it is 
ridiculous-
 
 
VN>      I am in Phoenix.  I like the area around Camp Verde but there's
VN> in the way of a good job up there for me, compared to the job I have
VN> I fully intend to retire from as soon as I am eligible!  (Won't be i
VN> decade, though!)
 
Phoenix is where my ex-husbands parents live last name is quite 
distinctive so everyone practically by that name is part of his family 
(Quaranta), But I have to tell you his mother was wonderful to me from 
day one.
 
 
VN> MR> have to have a  ranch close to the coast, either coast.  But
VN> MR> I'm kind of interested in  the east coast around the Florida
VN> MR> area due to the weather and great  diving year round But I'm
VN> MR> sure I would miss my pinnipeds here.
VN>  
VN>      You don't have year 'round diving in California?
 
Yes, But the visability is really low here because of plankton and kelp 
so visability in the fall is 20-30 feet and in the summer it could be 3 
feet or less plus it is all cold water diving, In the Islands or the 
gulf coast area the visability is 80-100 feet or more plus it's so warm 
too.  But I also had a bad experience with a diving instructor in 
California so that might be my reasoning. 
 
Tell me more about your animals?  Is it hard to do the riding you've 
been doing?
 
Marianne 
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