I think Maricopa must mean the “Land of Dead Dogs” in the native Indian language here. The first time we were here I counted 5 dogs dead on the road. This week I must have counted that many again. Chris told me that on the way to work the other day a lady was holding up traffic with her car. She was trying to shoo away 2 dogs that were lying in the street and playing. There are a lot of dogs roaming the streets in Maricopa. The city was barely incorporated in 2003. Most of the town is farmland, desert and feedlot. The homes out here are mostly new track homes (some built right next to feedlots!!) and some run down older houses and trailers.