Jan 30 2009
Why I Love Arizona!
I am a mid-Western girl and have been all my life (minus two years in New Jersey). In my heart of hearts, I will be a mid-West girl until the day I die. In the meantime, the rest of me is in the Southwest and I love it! Abut eighteen months ago, I took a brave step and moved to Arizona. It was in July and by the third day I was here, the outdoor temperature was 119 degrees. You know the kind of hot you could fry eggs on-that was it!
Through July, August and part of September it was very warm. The first question people ask you when they learn where you live is, “How do you do in the summers?” This winter I am fully equipped to tell everyone why I love Arizona and how I do with the summers!
I have quite a few relatives still living in the mid-West. When I talk to them, I hear words like, “freezing”, “icy”, “snowing again”, and “frozen.” This started about October and it will end sometime in April. That is seven months of inclement, hard to forecast weather!
Here is Arizona, I suffer through three, maybe four months of hot weather-about half of the mid-West days. How do I handle it? The same way I did when the weather was freezing. I stay indoors on the really hot days. Big difference between the two is this: in Arizona I can usually go out after the sun has set and all is well. In the mid-West, the later the day, the colder it gets. I always carry water and a hat. I used to always carry boots, gloves, a coat, a hat, and a snow-scraper.
