I first visited the state of Arizona when I was about 5. I don't remember much then, some flashes of the Grand Canyon. I made my next trip at the age of 15, with a friend's family. We drove through, on the way to Texas in the middle of the summer. We didn't see do much, a couple of days in Mesa, I remember lots of shopping, movies and golf courses. I was here for 4th of July and it was one of the best shows I had ever seen. Thus began my facination with Arizona.

My next visit was in 1997 when I was 20 years old.