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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Thanks for all the advice. I'm prayin hard and I'm dead serious about this potential move.
Other than the weather, I'm comfortable where I am...but sometimes you have to shake things up in life, just to feel like your still alive! The old addage "If it aint broke don't fix it" isn't always the best approach. If you don't ever take chances...try new things..you never grow. Like I said, I'm praying, researching, listening, and learning...if things continue to line up right...I'm moving!
Norse(of course I can always take a one year leave of absence from my current job, and rent my home in Minny for the first year just in case the grass [or cactus]isn't any greener in Arizona)man1 |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | You'll have to change you moniker from "Norseman" to "Sorrento-man." |
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Location: SoCal | In 1970 I moved with my folks from SoCal to Houston TX. It was hot and humid and growing like a sumbitch. Today, 37 years later, it's still growing. Heat and humidity are a whole lot better to a lotta people than cold and snow..... |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | ..amen...particularly in February when it's minus 38 degrees...oh and then you add the wind chill.
More than that...here it is already the middle of April, I can't even go for a walk with out freezin my ears!
Norse(of course I'll still be just as bald in Arizona)man1 |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Pine is a great community; Payson is too; Sedona was really nice until all of the New
age folk started moving in about 15 years ago; One of my favorite spots was Oak Creek Canyon; I used to play a small club there many years ago; Yes, it does get hot in the Phoenix area and south, but it is a dry heat without the hummidity of the midwest and east; The White Mountains are a great spot to live if you still want to enjoy snow in the winter. I lived in Yuma for several years before moving to Phoenix and now that was HOT! But, you get used to it. Swamp coolers are not great on guitars so be careful if you plan to rent first: Arizona in the winter and spring is to die for! |
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| "Norse(of course I'll still be just as bald in Arizona)man1"
yeah but your shiny spot will have a tan.
Glenn |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Shortly after my Dad moved to Portland about 20 years ago he had a heart attack. The recovery was long and he had medication problems. He had been taking antidepressants and eventually was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder. Then he got into motorhomes and started spending the winters in Arizona. After the first winter he was off the anti-depressants and hasn't been on them since, to my knowledge. This was the first winter that he hasn't been to Arizona and I'm not sure whether the SAD has come back.
In spite of the jokes about Arizona and old folks and their motorhomes, Arizona did him a lot of good. He's more of a pain in the ass when he's happy, though. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | MusicMishka quote--- "Swamp coolers are not great on guitars so be careful if you plan to rent first: Arizona in the winter and spring is to die for!"
I didn't know that... The swamp-cooler thing, I know about the spring and the mountains.
We are always talking about low humidity and cracks. I had not considered High Humidity.
I ought be careful with my cheapie humidifier. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Mogollon Rim... Christopher Creek.
Love it. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Jeff, You've been to christopher creek? What an awesome place. I love the falls. You gotta come out this way man. Dave |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Yeah. Christopher Creek is wonderful and the Gorge falls are stellar.
I make it out to AZ about every other year or so... It's been 2 years since I was last there and I'm due. Actually, I'm a native. I will give you sufficient warning when I'm headed out that way again. |
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OT: OK I've had it...Arizona Here I come!
