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Re: Vacation suggestions
Board: State: Arizona
Reply to: #915118 by Green Tortuga
Nov 30, 2015 3:14pm
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Now I'm even more excited about visiting! But also have more questions. Where would you go in the summer? (and does it make a difference between late May? And July?) where would you go in October? December? Tytyty!
Re: Vacation suggestions
Board: State: Arizona
Reply to: #915193 by windsurfgator
Nov 30, 2015 5:42pm
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Ohhhhhhhhhhh yes it does! The difference is like putting bacon in a pan with no flame at all to putting bacon on a pan at full gas burn!!
Summer would be best in Flagstaff, Sedona, Prescott (May through July). Full blown desert areas...May vs June / July. Stay green stay cool. Go brown burn you down (from mid June through July). Course I do live in HADES HOT HAVASU after all. :-D
Ask away...we love our state and love sharing.
Re: Vacation suggestions
Board: State: Arizona
Reply to: #915193 by windsurfgator
Nov 30, 2015 7:09pm
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Where would you go in the summer? (and does it make a difference between late May? And July?) where would you go in October? December?

As a general rule of thumb, high elevation places are best in summer, and low elevation places work best in winter. So check the elevation of wherever you want to go. =) There's no set number to look for, though. Higher is cooler--which is good in the summer and bad in the winter. Lower is hotter--which is good in the winter, but bad in the summer. A month like May is a tricky one. The low areas might be uncomfortably hot, but the high elevations might be uncomfortably cold depending on the weather patterns in a given year.

But there are areas all over Arizona I really liked. I'd be hard-pressed to pick a favorite!

As a general rule of thumb, though: In the summer, focus on the upper half of the state. In the winter, focus on the lower half of the state. The lower half of the state is a lot lower in elevation (as a whole) than the upper half! In the shoulder months.... you might do either or both. If you're schedule is flexible, you might even choose based on current weather conditions.

-- Ryan
Re: Vacation suggestions
Board: State: Arizona
Reply to: #915193 by windsurfgator
Dec 1, 2015 5:26am
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These are great guidelines and It can get really hot in AZ. Having recently moved to the middle of America I finally found out what a dry heat was as they use to say all the time. Maybe I got used to it being 110° give or take. When we moved to an area with lower temperatures I thought it would be great for hiking. 80° in Minnesota makes me sweat three times more than I ever did in 110° AZ.

So as strange as it sounds I found hiking in AZ heat more comfortable(as in my body staying drier) than I do living with humidity. Just remember to wear sun screen and drink lots of water. A good hat will help out as well.

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