Todays trip was to one of our favorite area's. We like the high desert and mountains around Sonoita. I did make the mistake of asking a local RE person if she had a list of local properties for sale in Patagonia. I escaped about 25 minutes later. We lunched at a picnic table next to the old train depot. Betsy went in to some of the shops while I walked Tipper around. On our way out we drove up and down some of the side streets. The one useful piece of info that CA chick real estate person gave me was that there is no zoning in Patagonia, but there is strict zoning in Santa Cruz county outside of Patagonia. It's very obvious there is no zoning in Patagonia. Most of the properties for sale were junky but they still wanted $350K. I think its like at the lake. Someone puts an outrageous price on the property and if some idiot comes by and writes a check they sell it, otherwise it just sits there.
We found another one of those "field art" pieces just outside Sonoita. Someone (we assume the owner of the property) cuts out silliouttes of cattle, wagons, horses, Indian's, cowboys and places them on a hill where people driving down the highway can see them. We started seeing these objects in Kansas and have always enjoyed them. In Patagonia we drove by the Volunteer Fire Department and found their used equipment lot. I couldn't tell who manufactured these relics but they were neat.
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Sounds like the Hoosiers are settling in down there? Did you eat at our favorite Mexican Cafe in Patagonia? We'll have to visit it when we make it down. Had 10" snow last weekend, close to 70 today and more snow tonite. AZ is sounding better all the time. Keep up with your goings-n!
JM
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