I suspected a tad of it, somewhere in the back of my mind, -but yeah, I mostly missed it.

Of the 14 Western States, (15 if you include Hawaii as nominally Western), -my favorites on down all round rankings would go;- Arizona, NewMexico, Colorado, Alaska, California, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Texas, Oklahoma, and Nevada.

Hawaii would be something like 1 quarter to 3 quarters way down this list, -don't know quite where.

Plains states like Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas are of course substantially Western as well. With places like Scottsbluff and the Black Hills, -and many other things in their all round persona, -they've gotta be!

And finally there is of course the great Canadian West! British Colombia, Alberta, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan, -in that top on down of an order!

Last but not least, Mexico is a great Western area! It only extends down from our great American Rockies and West.

I salute your remaining a full out native Arizonan, as you essentially said. [color:"black"] [/color] [email]desertrat1[/email]