Near Record Heat Wave. (Anchorage, Juneau and: best, dental, cities)

[RayinAK]

Originally Posted by cjs123

Head to AZ; we've got heat to spare!

If AZ would not tax my retirement pension I would move there. Just kidding

Anyway, I would not mind retiring in AZ, maybe somewhere Northeast (are there hills up that way?).

[riceme]

Originally Posted by RayinAK

If AZ would not tax my retirement pension I would move there. Just kidding

Anyway, I would not mind retiring in AZ, maybe somewhere Northeast (are there hills up that way?).

Flagstaff used to be pretty nice. I think it's getting pretty big now.

[cjs123]

Originally Posted by RayinAK

If AZ would not tax my retirement pension I would move there. Just kidding

Anyway, I would not mind retiring in AZ, maybe somewhere Northeast (are there hills up that way?).

Here's a little blurb about NE AZ:
Northeast Arizona is arid, largely free of greenery, and characterized by hills, mesas, buttes, cliffs, and canyons. The windy stony plains of the Petrified Forest National Park exhibits parts of the barren colorful Painted Desert as well as preserved Native American petroglyphs. Northeast Arizona is also home to the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest and Four Corners Monument.

Here's a little blurb about Flagstaff:
Flagstaff is a city in the U.S. state of Arizona, surrounded by mountains, desert and ponderosa pine forests. It’s a gateway to the San Francisco Peaks, home to Arizona’s tallest mountain (Humphreys Peak) and the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort. Nearby, Wupatki National Monument has Native American pueblo sites, and Walnut Canyon National Monument is dotted with their cliff dwellings.

I am in the Valley of the Surface of the Sun--on the outskirts of Phoenix. Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...I'm melting...what a world...what a world...

[riceme]

I wanted to go to NAU when I was a kid, but I couldn't afford out of state tuition, so I ended up at Humboldt State with my sisters. I had a lot of family in Flagstaff back then. Sometimes I think I should have gone anyways, and wonder in what ways my life would now be different.

Thinking about it makes me miss the desert and the smell of the sagebrush.

[RayinAK]

Originally Posted by riceme

I wanted to go to NAU when I was a kid, but I couldn't afford out of state tuition, so I ended up at Humboldt State with my sisters. I had a lot of family in Flagstaff back then. Sometimes I think I should have gone anyways, and wonder in what ways my life would now be different.

Thinking about it makes me miss the desert and the smell of the sagebrush.

A couple of my coworkers have retired and bought homes in AZ, where they spend a few months during tyhe winter, then return to Alaska during the summer.

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by RayinAK

I miss 90 degrees ):

Through 2012, Fairbanks had only seen 14 days of 90 or above in 109 years.

I wonder how many they've seen in the last four years?

Average number of 80 degree days per summer is 11.

[riceme]

Originally Posted by RayinAK

A couple of my coworkers have retired and bought homes in AZ, where they spend a few months during tyhe winter, then return to Alaska during the summer.

My friend's dad does that, but he got really sick last spring and still hasn't been able to come home this summer. His winter place is outside of Phoenix, but he had to go recover in Detroit at his sister's house. Can you imagine getting stuck in Detroit? Ugh.

[keyman51]

Went down to Quartzite AZ one week in Jan., saw 3 AK families that I knew.

[riceme]

Lol, that's funny

[stiffnecked]

We tried Arizona in 1997. We lasted almost the entire month of June before giving up on the dream of being roasted nutz. I guess us short, well insulated folks aren't built for that kinda heat.