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Location: Prescott Valley,az summer/east valley Az winter
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As my info states I winter in Az and summer in Colorado. Started years ago going to Az from a time every winter. As a sufferer of SADD I found that Az for a month was great therapy. Snowbirds from the midwest and Canada are the best freinds and neighbors. Was looking for a house in Az and thought I wouldn't be happy with Az summers so stopped here in Colorado and fell in love with the scenery and weather and bought into a mobile home park. Have discovered a few things I don't like and a lot I do love~ will probably cut amount of time in Az as I am so happy with my home here. But love the ability to watch weather in both locations and to be where the weather is the best.
Doesn't that stand for seasonal affective ...(something)...disorder? In any case doesn't it mean that its sufferers become rather depressed in winter time in areas where they may not see the sun for considerable periods of time?
In any case I have some dear old friends in Bufallo, New York who started spending the winters in Florida three or four years ago, a few years after their retirement. When I asked them if the cold, snow, and ice were really so bad as to make it worthwhile to be away from their grandchildren for the better part of half a year, the husband answered that the worst thing about winters in Buffalo was not the cold, snow, and ice but rather not seeing the sun for weeks and weeks on end. He said that was so depressing.
Obviously not all people suffer from SADD, but I'll bet the ones that do are heavily represented among snowbirders. I don't blame them; I wouldn't want to be depressed for several months out of the year either.
I'm probably a bit young (44) to be a snowbird, but I do it anyway. I live in Boston. Last four winters I've driven to Florida and stayed there for two to three months each winter and usually I spend a week in Hilton Head and then a week in Myrtle Beach on the way home.
I do it just because I HATE snow and cold. But Boston is a great city the rest of the year.
This year I'm heading west instead as I'm doing an extended road trip starting in September. So I expect I'll do January/February in CA, NV, AZ, or NM. Just depends on what I feel like doing
Wow, how interesting. Thats the way to do it.........
I'm not a winter person either so off I go after the holidays heading south.
We spend our time in Myrtle as there is a nice northern group there and mostly because there is 100 golf courses. A golfers heaven!
Doesn't that stand for seasonal affective ...(something)...disorder? In any case doesn't it mean that its sufferers become rather depressed in winter time in areas where they may not see the sun for considerable periods of time?
In any case I have some dear old friends in Bufallo, New York who started spending the winters in Florida three or four years ago, a few years after their retirement. When I asked them if the cold, snow, and ice were really so bad as to make it worthwhile to be away from their grandchildren for the better part of half a year, the husband answered that the worst thing about winters in Buffalo was not the cold, snow, and ice but rather not seeing the sun for weeks and weeks on end. He said that was so depressing.
Obviously not all people suffer from SADD, but I'll bet the ones that do are heavily represented among snowbirders. I don't blame them; I wouldn't want to be depressed for several months out of the year either.
The first year was the hardest...being away from family.
The phone rang all day long, seeing if we were ok.
The children and grandkids are use to the few months we are not around.
They are busy in school during those winter months and not going too far from home anyhow. We use Skype a bunch, so we do see each other that way.......
Now,they are use to the fact we return quickly......and things resume as normal. Again, we take family vacations, go to shows, swim together.......
until the snows return........and off we go again.
SADD- Seasonal Affective Disorder. Does seem that many people feel depressed from lack of light (not so much the cold, but the shorter days, and the cold keeps them in during the daylight). People in the Pacific NW can suffer from this, and it's not cold, it's the grey.
There's a subset of people who might well have the same depressive response to humidity. At least, I do. The more humid, the more lethargic I am. Aches and pains. Maybe I'll be a "dry bird."
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