Street Signs You’ll Never See in the Southcoast Area

While living in Phoenix, Arizona, I noticed it wasn't only the climate and landscape that were very much different from my former home in southern New England.  I spent just over 2 years in the valley of the sun, and my street was named after the legendary cowboy actor, Roy Rogers.   Never saw a horse named Trigger though.

There was another street in the neighborhood called Gold Dust, and another named Tombstone Trail.  Just north of the development are Deadman Wash and Horse Thief Trail.  Those streets run between Rodeo Road and Stagecoach Way.  I often drove on a road called John Wayne Highway.  Travelling that road makes one feel like a real man's man.

How about living on Giddyup Trail or Covered Wagon Drive?  You wouldn't dare leave the house without your cowboy boots.  Many of the nice restaurants and clubs in neighboring Scottsdale are located on Saddlebag Trail.  Of course Phoenix has boring addresses such as First Street, Bell Road and Central Ave too.  But, you can't go to far without realizing you are in the wild west, especially when a co-worker tells you they've moved into their new home at the corner of Gunsmoke Trail and Tumbleweed Circle.