Mr. Haymaker,
welcome to our little square of heaven! If you could set up a GAF club in your area, or if we could somewhere maybe even in Phoenix, it'd be worth the drive for me from Flagstaff. I think SASS is awesome for what it is. Winter Range and such is great fun, but I like the more historical side too. It'd be great to finally go to a GAF or even an NCOWS event, especially a multi-day type deal.
It'd be nice to meet everyone in the area that's more into the spirit rather than the game so to speak. Everyone I've met up here in the northern region basically shunned me and my friends. Probably because of our age, nevermind I'm a retired USCG vet and going to be a park ranger and my partner in it works for BLM as a game warden... So now we just shoot, the two of us, up here in the woods.