Arizona



Just the facts....Arizona Facts   (flag, flower,tree etc...)

A little about this site. This is not an official Arizona site. This is a "We live in Arizona and take a lot of pictures" site. There are pages of nature (clouds, mountains, deserts, and rivers) and pages of fun things (4th of July, Merry Mainstreet, Airshows, and parades). All pages are family friendly, though there is a warning on the Art/Special effects page, some of the special effects look very real, broken leg, broken arm etc.

I also have links to many, many Arizona pages and resources. Every Arizona photo (and the Italy ones also) have been taken by me or someone in our family.

I have them arranged according to where they are (Payson, Mesa, etc.) or what they are (Dust Storms, flooding, and such).

Some of these pictures are a few years old, so if a price or certain place is mentioned in the picture pages, please verify the location and price before heading out on a trip.

The picture pages are exactly that. Pages with LOTS of pictures. These are not huge graphics, but still with a lot of pictures on each page, they may take anywhere from seconds to several minutes to load (if you are on a slower dial up connection).
And last but not least, yes, I do know that Italy is not in Arizona, but I just HAD to include a link to the Italy slideshow our son did.

small print: No persons were harmed in the making of these photographs... well, okay, there was the incident with the cactus and the one at the skatepark. In general, we do maintain a safe fun environment. The broken bloody bones on the FX page are FAKE!!! please do not email me about my lack of mental capabilities and harming children.
Click the pictures to go to the picture pages
These are Photo Intense pages. DSL, Cable, or any broadband are recommended
Please be patient!


labor day storm
Prospector Park - Apache Junction AZ
Desert Monsoon Storm

Camping in Payson
Our Camping Trip, Payson area, July 2006

July Dust Storm in Mesa

July 4th 2006 - Mesa Community College

July 4th 2006
Things
Kids
Do ... 		Weather
or
not...		 So many
 places,
So little
time..		 Around
Mesa..and the
Valley of the Sun
backyard science

The first feature is a video of what happens when you mix Mentos candy and Diet Coke.
(don't try this without supervision, etc. etc..)
Snow Day march 2006

After 144 recordbreaking days of no rain.. what do Valley people do?
Build a snowman for
Spring Break !!

Salt River Recreation

Lower Salt River
one of the places to go
To get out of the heat.

Arizona Day Tripper

Green Desert - Low Clouds
Beautiful Desert and Mountains
Usery  Mountain Park and surrounding area
Mesa Arizona

The many wonders of living in Mesa. So many things, so little time. Parades, Museums, Parks, Swimming, City of Mesa classes, 4th of July, Picking Corn etc....
Harry Potter and midnight at Borders

July 15th-16th 2005
Harry Potter party pictures, waiting for the book at midnight.
Storms Summer 2005

Summer Storms and The most amazing Dust Storm I have ever photographed.
August - September  2005
 East Verde Day Tripper
Flooding in Payson in Feb.2005.
East Verde River

 Bookmans Mesa
2005
Bookmans- Mesa
One of our favorite places.
Open mic night,
Theme days, BINGO,
oh, yeah, and Books too!
Special Effects and Art

Art and things... updated 2006
Bekah's Art
 		Mesa Flooding 2005

Arizona Flooding
Feb. 2005 &
Arizona's Stupid Motorists Law 		Biosphere II near Tucson

Biosphere II 		Mesa Skate Park

Reed Skate Park

New kids 2004

Things kids do
2004 		September 2003
Storm season 2003

Storm Clouds
Dust storms- 2003

Luke Days 2005
Luke Days 2005

Luke Air Force Days
Luke Air Force Days 2003

Papago Park - Phx
Papago Park


arizona kids page
This and That

Past Mesa Weather


Payson Area

Payson &
East Verde River area



phoenix zoo
Phoenix Zoo

2002 Storm

2002
Storms/clouds
Montezuma's Castle
Montezuma's Castle

Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon

Usery Mountain park
Arizona Desert
Usery Mountain Park


Colossal Cave - Tucson
Colossal Cave





Lake Pleasant
Lake Pleasant

UNDER RECONSTRUCTION!! March 2006
Please be patient. I am still working on reconstruction..




Arizona Terrorism and Other concerns

Special photo page A Trip to Italy !
photography by our son; Kenny Matthews II

March 2004
Local Resource and Emergency Numbers

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These are links that may be of interest to parents.


Arizona Sex Offender Website This is a site that allows for looking up locations of Registered Sex offenders in the state of Arizona, while a good site for the info, I have found Errors in the zip codes of addresses in this site. If it says you have none in your zip code, it could be that they are listed in the wrong zip code. I suggest looking up the addresses that you question at the United States Post Office Zip code lookup

Since Channel 12's report, the department has taken steps to keep the numbers of errors down. I do realize that they do not have the man power to do this job properly and do not fault those who are doing the work. Still, you may want to recheck the zip codes or other info on your own
.
  • On Monday May 1st,2000 at 5:00 PM 12 NEWS did a story on Arizona Sex offenders reporting program. I was interviewed for this story after bringing the errors to their attention.

ADE: Arizona Standards AIMS information, including downloadable "Standards Cards" for each subject

School Report Cards Search for the Arizona State school report card by school name, and view it online. Compare attendance, programs and policy violations. Keep in mind these are as reported by each school.

Arizona's Graduated Driver Licensing Law (GDL) - What it says

  City of Mesa

Mesa Police Department

Narcotics Resources
Drugs in Mesa information, including an e-mail for reporting suspected drug activity anonymously.

Crime Analysis Unit
Stats for Mesa crime activity, look up Calls for Service info for different neighborhoods, Beat Maps, and also Junior High and High School police calls for service including drug and weapons calls at each school for the last year.

These are Arizona links which I have used to either find information or to satisfy a curiosity.

A poem about Arizona that I really like.
If you know who wrote it, and can
verify it, such as in a published work, please
let me know. I have heard MANY different
versions of who wrote it, and have not been
able to verify any of them. Devil Poem

Arizona State Info Good for school reports 50 States.com/arizona

Searchable Database:
Community Information & Referral :

Other Arizona Sites

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©2000,2001,2002,2003, 2004,2005,2006 Sandi M. - All images, graphics, animated gifs, video and Real Player movies on these pages have been created by me for this web site, with the exception of the mail box and the Arizona flag, flower and bird (these were on a clip art/web art CD. Special thanks to my family for allowing me to post pictures of them where the whole world can see.
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