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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 945399" data-attributes="member: 11476">AZ is great for diversity of landscape. We can go in any direction and find something unique as far as landscape. From where I am living, an hour south and I am in the desert with beautiful daytime temps (during the winter) and an hour north and I am in the snow with Ponderosa Pines. I live in a snow belt now with freezing temps but not enough snow to ski and we do have actual forests here (Ponderosa and Blackjack Pines). During the summer we can go south to the lakes or way north to Lake Powell (my favorite) but the drawback is the travel time. When going to Lake Powell, it&#039;s a 4 - 5 hr drive so one doesn&#039;t JUST hop in the car to go for the weekend. A couple hours west and there is the Colorado River. A couple hours east and there are the White Mountains. All beautiful during specific times of the season, depending on what you like. All you have to decide is what you want to see and when. The White Mountains are great during the summer. Temps tend to stay a bit cooler being in the 6 - 7000 elevations and less population. Flagstaff is higher in elevation (7000 +) but the population is also higher. Both get lots of snow during the winter, the White Mountains tend to get more than Flagstaff. The Colorado River Valley is great during the winter, warmer temps but it is hell on earth during the summer, quite often getting in the 120 and 130 range. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 945399, member: 11476"] [FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]AZ is great for diversity of landscape. We can go in any direction and find something unique as far as landscape. From where I am living, an hour south and I am in the desert with beautiful daytime temps (during the winter) and an hour north and I am in the snow with Ponderosa Pines. I live in a snow belt now with freezing temps but not enough snow to ski and we do have actual forests here (Ponderosa and Blackjack Pines). During the summer we can go south to the lakes or way north to Lake Powell (my favorite) but the drawback is the travel time. When going to Lake Powell, it's a 4 - 5 hr drive so one doesn't JUST hop in the car to go for the weekend. A couple hours west and there is the Colorado River. A couple hours east and there are the White Mountains. All beautiful during specific times of the season, depending on what you like. All you have to decide is what you want to see and when. The White Mountains are great during the summer. Temps tend to stay a bit cooler being in the 6 - 7000 elevations and less population. Flagstaff is higher in elevation (7000 +) but the population is also higher. Both get lots of snow during the winter, the White Mountains tend to get more than Flagstaff. The Colorado River Valley is great during the winter, warmer temps but it is hell on earth during the summer, quite often getting in the 120 and 130 range. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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