Why not Arizona?
I love Arizona. The only thing is I’m turning into a mountain man. Beyond the thing about Nevada’s familiarity to me (neighboring Arizona is pretty familiar too), the appeal of Nevada is the mountains, especially around Ely, NV and Great Basin National Park. Mule deer ripe for the harvesting. (I see a lot in AZ too.) Nevada is the most mountainous state in the contiguous United States, according to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada