New to this. Best weather in winter??? Help?
My husband is 1 year or so from retiring and we're off after that. We are trying to gather all the info we can to decide where to stay in the winter. We live in Wisconsin and it sure isn't going to b...
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DW and I grew up 40 miles west of Chicago and we remained in the Midwest in working lives. We spent a lot of time all over FL. Retired to CO in 1995 and got to AZ first time in late 90's.
Once in CO we never went back to FL and fell in love with AZ - no humidity and less bugs and snakes.
AZ has places like Phoenix area (where we would never live due to extreme heat, pollution and unGodly traffic) to mountain towns like Benson. We moved from Estes Park in 2003 to 25 miles south of Tucson at 3000 ft elevation and can be in the mountains in under a half hour to hike, etc. We look at a 9500 ft peak from our back yard. AZ is desert and mountains - plenty of each.
Been all over AZ a lot in the 5er. So much to do and see.
Yuma has great weather in the winter to be sure and, though not a lot to do in the area, the KOFA Refuge is a great place to hike, drive, etc.
Wherever you choose, be safe and enjoy.
Once in CO we never went back to FL and fell in love with AZ - no humidity and less bugs and snakes.
AZ has places like Phoenix area (where we would never live due to extreme heat, pollution and unGodly traffic) to mountain towns like Benson. We moved from Estes Park in 2003 to 25 miles south of Tucson at 3000 ft elevation and can be in the mountains in under a half hour to hike, etc. We look at a 9500 ft peak from our back yard. AZ is desert and mountains - plenty of each.
Been all over AZ a lot in the 5er. So much to do and see.
Yuma has great weather in the winter to be sure and, though not a lot to do in the area, the KOFA Refuge is a great place to hike, drive, etc.
Wherever you choose, be safe and enjoy.
