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05-02-2009, 09:17 PM
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Location: Auburn, WA
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Payson?
I was looking online at Payson. Is it easy to get to from Scottsdale? I bet it is a nice getaway from the high heat in the summer?
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05-03-2009, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tempe. AZ
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There are lots of threads about Payson in the Arizona forum.
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05-03-2009, 10:59 AM
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Location: Denver, CO
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It is very easy to get to, about an hour and yes it's great to escape to in the summer! I wish we had a cabin up there!
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05-03-2009, 05:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Phoenix,Arizona
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamboatannie953
I was looking online at Payson. Is it easy to get to from Scottsdale? I bet it is a nice getaway from the high heat in the summer?
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Head EAST on Shea Blvd. when this ends @ HY#87 turn LEFT and
head NORTH this will bring you right to Payson  |
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05-04-2009, 05:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: In a little valley under the Rim
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I just drove Hwy. 87--it is an amazing drive! (And it seemed to go really quickly--emphasis on "seemed," I wasn't keeping track!)
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05-07-2009, 12:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Phoenix!!!!
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I'm riding my new bike there on Sat.
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05-09-2009, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
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Commuting from Phoenix to Payson is not an easy commute. You are dealing with twisting, mountain roads that take its toll on the driver and vehicle.
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05-10-2009, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kingman - Anaconda
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The commute is better than the older days and possibly no worse than the commuters that live in Prescott Valley areas and come in on I-17
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05-10-2009, 09:51 AM
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Location: Tempe. AZ
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I still can't imagine making that drive (or from Prescott Valley to Phoenix) EVERY day. Way too much of life spent in the car. Especially in winter months, with the short days... you really would feel like you spent your ENTIRE day going to and from, and at, work. I did that years ago just commuting in a car pool from Casa Grande to Florence (a much shorter distance). The winters were the worst.
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05-10-2009, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Tucson/Scottsdale, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamboatannie953
I was looking online at Payson. Is it easy to get to from Scottsdale? I bet it is a nice getaway from the high heat in the summer?
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it's been a popular summer getaway for Phoenicians for decades...can't tell if your post indicates you're going to commute, but the Payson drive is now much safer with the recent (three years ago??) completion of four-lane divided highway all the way from the Phx area....it's still a hilly affair with curves and all that! |
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