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Ptah

(33,030 posts)
3. When i was sixteen, my parents sold their farms in Montana and moved us to Marana, AZ
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 04:37 PM
Jul 2013

When asked why Marana, my father would say,
"We headed south with snow shovels on our shoulders.
We stopped when the locals asked what the snow shovels were."

Tansy_Gold

(17,860 posts)
6. I swore if I ever got out of cold country
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 07:18 PM
Jul 2013

I would never complain of the heat.

I've been here almost 28 years, and I have never complained about the heat.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
5. Is Tucson not as
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 05:28 PM
Jul 2013

warm as the Phoenix area in the winter? I was in Mesa a few years ago and it was 100 on St. Patrick's Day.

I know of a few people who have summer cabins in the mountains. I wonder if Payson counts because they were still at 92 yesterday. We usually have enough humidity so that I don't like anything over 85.

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