Tim Haight's (thaight) Blog

When you are in a small town it doesn't take much to get you all excited. We have a small man made lake here in Arizona City that has a fountain in the middle of it. It has been so long since the fountain has worked that most people in town have never seen it operate. I got a frantic phone call f...

Just south of Arizona City,Az. there is a local gentleman that had a dream to keep the spirit of the old west alive. He took his property and built  an old west main street with storefronts. He is holding the second annual Old West Appreciation Day on Sept. 8th from 10am till 5:30pm. For more inf...

I just spent about forty five minutes sitting in my backyard with all the lights out in the house. I am out in the middle of nowhere in western Pinal County,Arizona. the stars are out and the night is perfectly clear. It really makes you appreciate the solitude of living in the country. I sometim...

I tried to add a community to the Localism site but I got the big red X. Hidden valley is a pretty large area west and south of the Town of Maricopa in Arizona. It is twenty miles plus long and at least five miles wide. It consists of a lot of acreage and a number of small subdivisions that are b...

I am a new member of Active Rain and I am just scratching the surface of the available resources. I spent about thirty years on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe in Tahoe City, the west shore, and on the Truckee River. I was just checking out AR members in that area and it brought back fond memories ...

For some reason I woke up this morning just before 5am. I walked outside to enjoy the cool 80 degree predawn temperature here in the desert and to let the dog out. Looking to the northeast I happen to see a bright light that just seemed to sitting still. I grabbed the binoculars but that didn't h...

I have a new listing for a 1.48 ac parcel of land just south of Florence,Az. It has power to the property as well as water. there is a newer home on the same block and it is just off of a paved road. This is an area that is going to see a lot of growth in the next few years because it is the back...

My office represents a small subdivision of new homes in Arizona City, Az. Today we closed the model's office and it doesn't look like the second phase will be started for awhile. There are so many big subdivisions in my area that are still building even though the market stinks.They continue to ...

I have a listing for a house where the husband has been transfered and the wife is trying to get packed up and join him. The problem is trying to explain to the wife that in order to get the home sold they really need to be on the leading edge of the price reductions that we are having and not on...

Living out in the middle of nowhere like I do you sometimes get just the slightest glimpse of life without all of our taken for granted luxeries. I am talking about electricity.  Here in the Southwest we have our monsoon season which is starting to wind down but last night the power went out for ...