{"id":432,"date":"2004-08-12T00:47:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-12T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zmetro.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2004-08-12T00:47:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-12T00:47:00","slug":"paradise_off_highway_10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=432","title":{"rendered":"Paradise off Highway 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?q=tbn:7UiWb-kZrxYJ:www.cottonwoodcellars.com\/homepage_files\/image004.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?q=tbn:vb2SpWdY1boJ:www.mikewest.net\/images\/cds\/I10.gif\"><br \/>\nThe Hertz airport shuttle brought a must unexpected surprise today.   The inquisitive driver asked if I was flying to Denver.  No, I said, San Francisco was my destination.   &#8220;It will be 40 degrees cooler there than it is here in Phoenix.&#8221;  I replied that it was 107 last night, when I landed.<br \/>\n&#8220;My place is wonderful, and cool.   I have cottonwoods on my property which provide a very pleasant shade.  In fact, during June, I put up a hammock under the cottonwoods, setup a fan and slept outside at night with my three golden retrievers.   Beautiful.&#8221;<br \/>\nWhere might this paradise be?<br \/>\n&#8220;50 miles west of Phoenix, 2 miles north of I-10, the other side of the White Mountains.   I bought the 10 acres 50 years ago for $250.00 (!). I bought it and planted those cottonwoods.&#8221;   My annual property tax bill is $60.00.  Those golden retrievers keep an eye on the property during the day.<br \/>\nHow&#8217;s the commute?<br \/>\n&#8220;I drive 65 (the I-10 speed limit is 75).   I arrive before all those people flying past me.&#8221;<br \/>\nI asked if civilization has encroached on his paradise?<br \/>\n&#8220;There&#8217;s no one within 5 miles.&#8221;<br \/>\nWith that, I continued my journey to San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hertz airport shuttle brought a must unexpected surprise today. The inquisitive driver asked if I was flying to Denver. No, I said, San Francisco was my destination. &#8220;It will be 40 degrees cooler there than it is here in Phoenix.&#8221; I replied that it was 107 last night, when I landed. &#8220;My place is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}