Rant; Winter 2013/14

[jim]

Holy [expletive] it stopped. It hasn't snowed in at least 2 hours. It was so long ago that it started that I have forgotten exactly when it did. For sure by NYE it was pretty [expletive] out, so sometime that day I guess.

trill - fishing opportunities could just about seal the deal. I really do love Arizona, although I've never spent anytime there in the summer. The lack of fishable water would definitely be a problem for me, but if I could be close enough away for some good weekend trips I could deal with that.

[thrill]

The Black River is 5 hours, White River 4.5 hours, Sheep's Crossing 5 hours, Oak Creek 1.5 hours, Lee's Ferry 6 hours various Mogollon Rim small streams 2 hours and tons of Eastern AZ deep lakes about 4-5 hours away. Black River is an under publicized, blue ribbon gem, Lee's Ferry is a blue ribbon fishery and the lakes have some monsters. Oak Creek is ok and is right outside of Sedona so it's great for day trips and you can get some good food and beer at the end of the day.
Edit - not to mention some longer 6-7 hour trips to New Mexico and Colorado within range. Another thing that I realized last year, Allegiant Air has direct flights to Yellowstone, Missoula and Bozeman for under $100 round trip all summer. I'm going to take advantage of that this summer. I went last year but didn't fish.

[wart57]

We drove 2.5 hrs on Saturday to let the kids play in the snow - it was 36 degrees and Sunny. I was comfortable in layers of a t-shirt, long sleeve t-shirt and hoodie, the kiddo's and wife were bundled up and still cold. I really like Az, when it is 118 in PHX, it is in the upper 90's up north, so you can always escape the heat - note Upper 90's in Flagstaff is like 80's in STL. Like Trill said, there is plenty of fishing all around, and the high country is breathtaking.

[Fat_Bulldog]

wart, are you one of those guys who goes up to strangers and asks them to take your picture because you always have to have a picture taken of everybody?

[wart57]

wart, are you one of those guys who goes up to strangers and asks them to take your picture because you always have to have a picture taken of everybody?

No, hot cousin took the picture....

[Fat_Bulldog]

wart, are you one of those guys who goes up to strangers and asks them to take your picture because you always have to have a picture taken of everybody?

No, hot cousin took the picture....

Should be the other way around....

[wart57]

wart, are you one of those guys who goes up to strangers and asks them to take your picture because you always have to have a picture taken of everybody?

No, hot cousin took the picture....

Should be the other way around....

Don't want to be called creepy.....She takes enough selfies as it is.

[Fat_Bulldog]

wart, are you one of those guys who goes up to strangers and asks them to take your picture because you always have to have a picture taken of everybody?

No, hot cousin took the picture....

Should be the other way around....

Don't want to be called creepy.....She takes enough selfies as it is.

You're [expletive] creepy. Own it.

[wart57]

wart, are you one of those guys who goes up to strangers and asks them to take your picture because you always have to have a picture taken of everybody?

No, hot cousin took the picture....

Should be the other way around....

Don't want to be called creepy.....She takes enough selfies as it is.

You're [expletive] creepy. Own it.

It still hurts to be called it....

[Gashouse]

I agree this winter sucks. Temps supposed to climb to about 20 this evening, and then it will drop to about 20 below Sat night and stay below zero until Wed.

Sunday - A high of -11. Low of -27
Monday - high of -14, low of -24.

Supposed to get to -1 on Tues, so we may crack zero again that day.