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Just got back from a week there at the in-laws. Near Phoenix.
Seems that we had much going against us. My wife seemed to develop a sun allergy, I had some weird eye allergy before we left for there, the neighbors started replacing the spinkler system @6 AM. My upper back started spasming. It all was such nice weather we just forgot about the little stuff and enjoyed the stay.
Coming from the Seattle area the blue sky and the low of 60something was a delight. My wife and son and I hiked @ the White tank mountains. We went to the Phoenix auto show, swam in the pool, saw the Botanical gardens hiked some rock formations near ther while my wife looked for coffee.
Thinking about visiting @ summer to see if we can stand the real heat?

view from the pool
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$1.50 draft!
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Look at the bottom, how blurry it is because how far up we were.
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someones new FB post
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someone not wanting to be seen in a Ford. :lol:
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Welcome back, enjoying the weather? LOL

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I've been in that very spot! My brother lived in Youngtown. And the sheetmetal is awesome! I bought a rust free AC 72 cab for only 200 bucks...
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Thanks, layers! One nice thing about the N/W is the holiday feel.
Good thing its cold and wet here. Would not seem right hanging Christmas lights in sunny and 70. :mm:

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NonHog,we were at Laughlin for the River Run in the spring,my wife sneezed from Flagstaff to Laughlin I think it was the pine or the mesquite. It's hard to compare our green yards to the landscaped with rock yards besides like you I still like our seasons.

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I smoked a lot of dope in the White Tanks when I was a GI stationed at Luke AFB. Good memories! Did you go up to the waterfall?

Always loved the AZ desert. Summer days are awful, but not too many other places can you drink a beer in the pool at 3:00AM.

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Glad to hear you had a great time.weather is prime right now,but come july the heat gets real old,swimming pool is like bath water :lol:

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We noticed something down there stuffing us up but it wasn't too bad.
Seemed odd. I got my fill of green in the last hour cleaning gutters. :waah:

:metal: Had some great beer down there. Went to Gordon Biersch for lunch in Tempe awesome food, winter beer OMG!

Not sure I could stand the heat but I'm going to try it. Oddly enough the older I get the more I tolerate it. 115 is the highest I've seen in SW Washington on the bike it felt like a hair dryer was in my face.

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You suck.

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:lol:

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So does my roof. Just in the attic getting Christmas decorations, found standing water in my cooler. I think its just from the heavy moss on a crappy roofing job.

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it all matters to what part of phoenix you stay in. I live in central phoenix in the historic district and its all shade trees and green yards for miles and miles!

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I didn't get near that area, I wondered what the water bills were on the yards with grass? I love the SW U.S. I think I could put up with the heat in the summer for the heat in the winter:lol:
My wife wants to be a traveling Nurse after the dust settles with her parents estate. She likes Arizona,New Mexico and Texas but wants to go back to Iowa in summer.

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Saw some green trees but not many green yards. Did not go in Central Phoenix, got pics? My roof was greener than most areas I saw in the area.
Not saying I saw it all. Wish I did. Really like what I've seen so far.

Its better now! kicked off moss and needles, treated. should be good for another month.
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Not that it stands a chance with the neighbors fir trees.
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a buddy of mine and his fiancee (retired) bought a "home" in some trailer type area for a winter place. they spent like $6000 and lot rent is $4000/yr which includes all the activities they could want. last weekend I called him while I was out in freezing drizzle and he said it was 74* with a slight breeze and not a cloud in sight.

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I like Tucson a little more than Phoenix - they get the summer monsoons there, thunderstorms every day in July and August. I don't think I could handle the heat there though. We never get more than 5 or 6 days a year above 80 here.

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I like the green and season changes in other parts of the country too. But, we never have to shovel sunshine!

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And now I live there (here) Tucson area. I love it! Just stumbled across this old post getting pics of my old C10. Almost 10 years apart. (1st post and today)

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Hey wow. That was cool to read through this thread (I did notice it was 10 years old) to see you did end up moving to AZ. So I guess you went back in the summer? :lol: Good to see you post. No more roof moss, ey? Tell Don I said hi and I miss his humor

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I'll be the contrarian. Nice place to visit but I would never live there again.

It's so dry it makes my skin crawl. In the summer with the dry heat and wind it feels like a convection oven. An my swimming stayed cold due to the outrageous water evaporation.

Don't get me started on the pack rat problem.

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Speaking as some one who lived in the Northwest not to many miles from Nonhog ..I do not not blame him for seeking a better climate ,, Moss. mold . wet,,,cold days and nights ,, I worked out in it to and I moved away also when I retired ,, glad to see ya enjoying your self and welcome back Brad and if you can coach the brother-in-law back by the name of Silly old man Don ,,that would make a nice reunion..

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We went from 60 degrees in Puyallup (Tacoma) to 110. We moved in June! The heat is an issue but it feels great to my arthritic bones. I'm currently not on meds for Psoriatic Arthritis and feel the dry weather is a big factor. We moved in 2020 which was one of the hottest summers on record. Oddly I miss mowing but not cleaning roof and gutters! I will say hello to Don. :)

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I get it. Its not for everyone and yes I have pack rats! Have to move the shed and cement a floor. Because of my health it's a perfect place. Actually we might have picked NM because its a bit cooler but the job market is softer and crime is higher. I'm on disability but the Mrs. still works. So with no connections to Tucson we pulled the trigger. Less than a year later our best friends moved 8 miles away.

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Yup ate dinner on a patio last night, in November. I had no idea that my health would improve as much as it did by being here. I wouldn't have sold most of my tools. Ah well!

I'll pass the message to Don. We email each other frequently.

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This year we did, but for the last 6-7 years, it's been pretty weak.

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Ahh, six of one half a dozen the other. Everywhere has it's pluses and minuses. It's all about what you get tired of and what you want more of. If I think of any more cliches that apply I'll let you know. Oh Yeah, It's all what you make of it. Something about if the soup's too hot get out of the kitchen? Not too sure about that one

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That would be "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"

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My mom moved me here to Tucson (I'm in Safford now) because of the humidity in Ohio. The doctor told her to get me to a drier climate, so she chose Tucson. Rented a apartment around Stone and FT. Lowell in 1969

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Mapped Safford a few times now. Have to take a drive and check it out.

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Its not bad. Plan on a weekend camping on MT. Graham. You won't regret it.

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Just added a roof rack to my truck and need to test fit my roof top tent. Camping weather for a few more months!

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Second generation Zonie here. I still hate the summer heat, and I live at 5300 ft. Everyone stay away, you will melt. :ito:

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A bit higher up, but I loved the summer weather in the Flagstaff area, coming from the humid east. Locals complained about the heat when it hit 80. I recall maybe a month when I could ride with the window down at night. It was hang around the campfire weather at night and all day it was wear shorts or jeans, t-shirt, button-up, no shirt. Cool mornings and evenings. But I agree, don't go there. I'm weird and everyone else will hate it, ok? Besides, you probably wouldn't like monsoon season.

I knew nothing about what to expect when I went. what I knew of AZ was what you heard and saw from back east. And that was mostly southern AZ. Grand Canyon pictures look like desert so you'd think hot. Depends on when you go.

I lived south of Flag a bit, in Mountainaire. Live oak and ponderosa pine forest with a meadow here and there. A short drive down along Oak Creek and you were in Sedona, a few thousand feet down in altitude. You could find hot there if you wanted it.

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Should I change the title to "Arizona is okay" LOL

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Arizona is ok, for some... who are not all that particular with their surroundings and don't know about all the much nicer places everyone wants to move to such as... :lol:

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I was stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB back in '70s. Plus, spent a couple civilian years as well. Enjoyed it all 'cept those 115 degree days humping a C5A Galaxy on the tarmac. I was in missile security but, they put us on security for those behemoths due to this high value....and it was easier to temporally upgrade (add them) to our existing Top Security clearance. The ''rough" on the base golf course was Chaliche rock. :0

During civilian time I still lived in Tucson but, spent every other week in Phoenix. Loved both cities, even though they were very different at the time. Still have a nephew in Chandler.

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Arizona is on maybe retire to list. I think the dry climate would be good for my joints. We have a few friends and family spread out down that way.

One of my coworkers was showing me pics today of a house they will probably buy in Mariposa (sp). It’s a really nice gated community. Prices are in an easily doable range.