I'm standing in one of the graded-but-empty tracts of land in eastern Maricopa. My trike is at far left, parked on Bowlin Road. The building in the background is City Hall. Why it is here, on the eastern edge of town, abutting farming fields, is a mystery to me. It should be in the commercial core on or near SR 347 (John Wayne Parkway).
Out of view to the left is a six-foot-tall pile of tumbleweed and related plants that had been cleared from this tract.
My vantage point is at the center of this Wikimapia aerial view. Three miles east of this spot is the USA proving grounds of Volkswagen of America.
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