Jim, I know what you mean regarding having the fertility and sun but needing water. There is a lot of that in the SW.

A couple hours west of me is the town of Lindsay, Oklahoma. The Washita (pronounced like wash it taw) river loops around Lindsay so you nave to cross a river bridge entering or leaving Lindsay on 3 of the 4 possibilities.

The Washita river valley bottom land is comparable in fertility to some of the Nile river valley. In parts of it you do not calculate how many acres of pasture it takes per head of cattle but instead how many head of cattle per acre.

You don't see for sale signs along these parts.

Pat