thinking about Arizona next year

tohare wrote:
we have stayed in Florida the last few winters and think it is time to move on. We enjoy walking/non-strenuous hiking, sight seeing, shopping, wines, breweries... We are looking for a younger crowd to hang with, no proms no interest in bingo or game night. any ideas where we might want to stay?

We "feel your pain". We have spent a lot of time in Florida over the years for mini vacations prior to retiring. When we retired we checked out Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Now we are in our second long term winter stay in Florida.

There are things we like and dislike about Florida. On the plus side you can't beat the winter weather if you stay south of Sarasota. You have plenty of water front if any of your hobbies involve water. The negatives for us is the congestion and expense.

We have six couples (good friends) that either live in SW Florida now, or at least spend their winters down here. I suppose that is the deciding factor that keeps us down here for 4 or 5 months every winter.