Yours Sincerely

Comments and questions from around the state, the nation, and the world.

Dear Editor, Sam Lowe's article in March Arizona Highways entitled "Baseball in the Cactus League" was very informative about the Spring Training Camps in the Phoenix area. So much that he almost forgot that Yuma is also in Arizona.

Mr. Lowe failed to do his homework, when he named all the Cactus League spring training sites, but missed the largest one in all of baseball. That one being Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma, the winter home of the San Diego Padres.

This showplace of winter baseball has four, yes four major league ball fields for the Padres to condition their players. Desert Sun Stadium also has the latest in lighting systems for night baseball.

This super manicured facility is also used by the Japanese Yakult Swallows Ballclub.

I feel that Yuma, Arizona, and the San Diego Padres deserve more than the one line mention in this article.

Dear Mr. Matheson, You're right. And we apologize. The Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma, winter home of the San Diego Padres, is indeed a showplace. And an Arizona attraction not to be missed.

-the Editor Dear Editor, Cancel my order to discontinue my subscription.... Arizona is part of my life and I find that I may well miss Arizona Highways too much.

P.S. I crossed the desert in a touring car from New Mexico to Phoenix to Ajo in the early 1920's. You see?

Dear Editor, I have a complaint to make - I'm sure you hardly ever hear those words from your readers. My complaint is that my apartment is becoming buried under piles of Arizona Highways going back for years. I've just tried weeding out the less attractive ones, but only disposed of two or three this way. Every issue has at least one article I want to read again, or a handful of pictures that simply can't be tossed out. In all too many cases the entire issue is so beautiful that it has to be kept for savoring from time to time.... After ruthless selection, I have now donated a few more issues to friends, or clipped favorite articles or pictures, but the main stockpile remains. It's very spaceconsuming but on the other hand is a constant source of spiritual refreshment. Not a bad tradeoff! My thanks to you and your staff.

Audrey Earl San Francisco, CA Dear Editor, The March 1983 issue of Arizona Highways with the interesting articles on Ted De Grazia, his pictures and the reproductions of his paintings is fabulous. They give a deep insight into the mind of Arizona's famous artist. With a few strokes of his brush or pen, he could give the whole history of his beloved friends, the Indians.

Harriet Lee Turlock, CA Dear Editor, May I congratulate you on your Arizona Highways, it is a magazine unparalleled for its contribution toward international understanding and for its wide range of subjects covering a vast field of interests. It is my belief that the humanistic spirit of the Arizona Highways will long continue to serve as a lighthouse for the world in this troubled time. Each issue is filled with a beauty - whether it's breath-taking scenery, flowers, beautiful birds, horses, minerals, classic cars, or your history and agriculture, along with your people of all races and origins - all part of the backbone of your beautiful state. Thank you for our much appreciated Arizona Highways.

Virginia Dodson Denver, CO Dear Editor, Just when I got the yearning for Arizona under control after the marvelous pictures in your December issue, you go and stir it up again with pictures of the desert in bloom.

Lydia Hair Ruston, LA Dear Editor, For a couple of years I have read your marvelous magazine. Visiting Arizona for years, I continually get new ideas for discovering your beautiful country from your magazine. Keep on reporting the most beautiful state in the USA.

Reiner Ibach West Germany Dear Editor, For several years we purchased Arizona Highways at the newsstand. Then we subscribed for a couple of years. Last December our subscription ran out and we did not renew. Why? Because you've convinced us! We're moving to Arizona!

Anna and Dean Huber Summerville, Pennsylvania Dear Anna and Dean, A hearty Arizona welcome to you, but we think you should consider renewing your subscription. Now that this is your new home, you'll need Arizona Highways more than ever as a guide to all the beauti-ful and interesting places in the state.

- the Editor Dear Editor, Your February issue on the Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert was magnif-icent. You dipped your pen in an autumn day and painted a beautiful picture. For me the Petrified Forest will always beA tree-in all its majesty Turned to stone and left alone. Lying-where it once stood tall, Glorified for one and all. Thank you for reminding me of its "captured" beauty. I was only five when I saw it but one does not forget a rainbow.

(Inside back cover) Temple Bar, one of the major landmarks on Lake Mead, was originally named the Mormon Temple by pioneer Daniel Bonelli, in the early 1870s. David Muench photo (Back cover) South Cove of Greggs Basin, on the far east end of Lake Mead. Miles of open water surrounded by rugged desert provide stunning scenic contrasts along the Colorado Rive. Carlos Elmer photo