How is your Spring?

We had two nice days in early April and the weather has been crap since. Hope you guys are getting better weather:(

I feel your pain Marty, I had to put my top up for about 15 minutes last week because of the rain down here. Lousy weather!

Nolan, I have been watching the forecast, you guys have been having great weather since mid Feburary. Enjoy it. I have about 10 years here my youngest will be almost 22 then. Marty & Sandy will be snowbirds then. I have been eyeing Sedona weather, I like the way it's 75 and sunny in the day and 45 at night during spring. Not sure how hot summer is?

Hey Marty, I'm down in Athens, GA right now checking out locales. I plan to retire at the end of may at the ripe old age of 49 (well 50 in August). I'm done w/Detroit winters.

I hear ya. I left Illinois when I was 17 and never went back.

Marty-

My youngest is 21. I thought I'd leave when they were grown- but with several grandkids on the way, I'm going nowhere.

I always told mom- somebody's got to be the first to leave. It won't likely be me.

IL has good people, culture, & food but you get tired of stairing at the walls 1/2 the year. If I did not work full time I could not handle it. I don't how how the retired people stay here. I guess thats why a lot of us drive these cars. It makes you feel alive and free.

Marty. Sedona has an average temp in the mid 90s during June, July and August. Beats Phoenix all to hell, they have 104....but as they say, "it's a dry heat!"

US Geography / US Weather / Arizona Weather / Sedona
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Avg. High 56

We seem to be coming to the end of the really nice stuff (60's & 70's and sunny) that we've had off and on since late Feb., and are getting into the warm muggies that we'll have at least until late September. We've hit 90 a couple of times already, and the humidity is approaching summer levels a bit early this year. Should NOT be this warm this early.

CALIF IS TERRIBLE
DONT COME HERE

How about Cali landscape and roads, Sedonas sunny dry weather, and the babes from South Florida? Thats sounds like a place to live:)

6 foot blondes everywhere will only frustrate you....ask me how I know

No Vince that keeps you young, it does not matter where you get your appetite as long as you eat at home.

One word..Sucks! We've had the 2nd wettest April on record here. Probably 1 or 2 days of sun at a time. 4 rainy weekends in a row.
Very hard getting out of the cabin fever winter mode. Haven't been able to get near the garden to till yet! I hope May brings more sun and heat.

~WB

Quit looking at those surfer boys Vince, the girls are shorter with less hair in their armpits.

Oh shit! The sun came out. Grabbing the Boxster keys & some Pavarotti to clear my head. See ya!

What spring?

Marty, you got it half right! Put on some old Joe Jackson for drivin' tunes, or some Green Day if you want. They both make me go FASTER!

Drove it a few times, like 5 or 6 so far this year. Probably will be mowing the lawn after this weekend's deluge dries out. Pretty soon the good weather will be here, should be low to mid seventies this week.

Hopefully Saturday will be nice, PCA club race and hospitality tent at Lime Rock on Saturday. Got to find my PCA card..... Lenny, Dan O'Connel, ATTENTION!!!

Lane's right - the WX has been pretty much perfect here since February. The kids are in Massachusetts and the only decent weather they've had since Christmas was when they joined us at Disney World!! Been house painting and deck staining for a week and yesterday was the only day of rain (in the pm) so got lots painted and a nice tan to boot.

Went to the car show at the Port Royal soft shell crab festival today.....beautiful sun, temps in the mid-80's, great food, GREAT scenery - What's not to like??

Oh, and getting ready for Carlisle? I'll be changing the oil, xmission fluid and coolant in my truck - hope to get the windshield on Scarlet tonight.

Spring Break in Puerto Vallarta.
Talk about feeling old and in the way! I took my 2 knuckle heads (boys 19 & 22) down there last week to reward them for good grades. On the 1st day, I got hit on by 4 different pimps. My boys went bat-shit crazy chasing girls & tequila. It's a good thing they had a chaperone is all I can say.
........Call me: "Way GLAD to be home"!

45 degrees, rain, wind gusts to 40, very nice. No bugs or crowds though. I restarted the wood stove today. Got my window sticker for Carlisle also ,so spring is looking up. Happy Easter

I started the day crabbing but it ended up being a good one. Drove the Porsche around this morning, did some yard work, and started the wood burning pizza oven. We made super thin crust for the boys and their friends and then some scallops for me and Sandy. Yummy!

Great!! Temps are staying cold so the ice road out to the primo kite skiing places on Great Slave Lake is still open. Almost everyday is sunny, I've got a deep tan from being out there skiing 5 or 6 days a week. Can't complain one bit. Last weekend took the twin 4 year old grandsons out and pulled them around the lake on a sled behind me. They had a great time. Hopefully this cold weather holds well into May so I can get some sking in right up till June. Going to be minus 22 tonight they say.

Al: Window sticker for Carlisle? Are we supposed to have stickers?

If you've registered with Carlisle, you will get one in a letter from them that also contains your receipt for a goody bag.

Got mine a couple of days ago and put the sticker on yesterday so I wouldn't lose it.

I'll wait until the car is washed and detailed, but I thought of doing that too.

washed mine in the rain today
what a finish

We have a 25 pound lamb in the oven. Smells great! Happy Easter.

you animal abuser you.....

Little Bo Peep lost her sheep but Marty knows where to find them!

Marty:

If you like the sound of Arizona and Sedona think about Flagstaff. Lived there awhile when working for a genetics research company. Never too hot or too cold and about an hour down the mountain to Sedona. You get snow but the volcanic soil is so porous that the minute the sun comes out it starts to disappear. The road down from the Mogollon Rim to Sedona is a great twisty, the scenery is spectacular and there are many great drives in fresh mountain air.

4th time living in Illinois. If it weren't for my twin 10 year old boys being in a great school, and Peoria being a great place to raise them, we would be gone as well. Just back from Hawaii today and drove from O'Hare to P-town in the rain and the 46 degree weather early this morning. What a change from 86 degrees on the Kona coast.

Sooner or later, we're outta here.

Marty!

Great Arizona Website - Arizona Highways Magazine.

We've been subscribers since 1975 when we were working out there.

Here ya go: http://www.arizhwys.com/

Check out the "photography" section each month - absolutely breath-taking!

Gordon:

You are correct! Arizona Highways is like finding treasure every month. I still have issues from the late sixties and 70's. The photography is just spectacular. Good luck Marty!

One spectacular day in 45 was this last Saturday. Got out and drove, took Dude, our new adopted Jack Russell for his first ride in Baby. Might just bring him to Pismo, what a riot.

Tomm

Dude!

How cool!!

Our two Jacks are Murphy (short for "Murphy's Irish Stout - the best beer in the Universe!) and Sophie (short for Sophia Loren - she has permanent eye shadow!)

Both are confirmed Speedstah Dogs! Love to hang over the door top with their tongues hangin out!