The best Rio Verde/Scottsdale has to offer! 40-50 fantastic restaurants/pubs within 35 minutes. The finest shopping you will find in Arizona.... all 35 minutes or under. Yell Yeeehahhh! out your back door and no one will hear. Ride out into the Saguaro Forest then down to Rio Verde and let your horse walk into the river. Eat Steaks and Ribs from the BRBIE! or wear a tie into Pinnacle Peak Patio and they will cut it off and add it to their collection. The real West? Right here.

Access to the Southwest Territory? Right in the middle of the action! Equestrian facilities: Riding, Roping, Reining, Cutting and Dressage; 5 professional sports teams, Amazing restaurants and fabulous clubs! Golf? Oooh baby! 180 pristine desert & Florida (forget Florida before it drowns you) style courses within 1 hour! You may never leave! 350 days of sunshine to enjoy all of it!

Skiing? 2 resorts within 3 hours. Gambling? 5 Casinos within 20 - 30 minutes. Las Vegas is a 30 flight or 4.5 hours drive. Mexico and the beaches? 3 hours to the border... 1 more hour to the Sea of Cortez and white sandy beaches!

Grand Canyon, Palm Springs, San Diego, Albuquerque! (what is an Albuquerque?), Colorado... all within 6 hours drive. Easy 30-50 minute flights to all the above!

Daily non-stops on BA. Florida is 7-8 hours. Add 2 hours and subtract the bugs, the humidity and the attitudes and you will never leave Arizona. I lived in Saudi Arabia, Rotterdam, London, Houston and Iowa... I'm staying here!