🌞Summer in the East Valley is HOT!!!

Brian, 120 degrees is hard for me to imagine, even with dry heat. Summer in the East Valley certainly has its own rhythm, with early activities, vacations, and plenty of time spent finding ways to stay cool. I hope this challenge helps you discover the perfect summer getaway where My Boy Blue can join you.

Brian is that a young Brian waiting to play some "B" ball???

Brian:

I've been in Arizona in the summer and experienced the heat, which is not unlike the California desert - one time when we were there in Palm Desert for several days with family it was 114 every day. Too hot for me. Sounds like you embrace the summer weather and all that it brings. Who wants to be indoors in the AC all day and never venture out for days at a time.

Jeff

Hi Brian! Thank you so much for jumping into this month's challenge! I always enjoy your posts, and this one definitely made me smile. I think most of us would have a hard time wrapping our heads around 120 degrees—even if it is a dry heat! 🥵

I also love that you're using this challenge as inspiration for your next vacation. That's one of my favorite parts too—getting to "travel" through everyone else's stories and discovering places I might never have considered visiting.

Please give My Boy Blue a salute from me! 🚙 I have a feeling you'll come away from this challenge with several great road trip ideas. Thanks again for participating and for sharing a little slice of summer in the East Valley with all of us!

Brian, my husband enjoys the summer weather in Tempe, and in the Phoenix Metro, too. Me, not that much, but I am OK with it. I like to go out of state around end of July beginning of August, and somehow I always enjoy it even more when I am back. Last year we had a nice trip to Santa Fe by car - via Payson, quite a scenic drive. In Santa Fe, it was raining 50% of the time, quite cool.

120 degrees and you are out there playing tennis in it. That is either extraordinary dedication or extraordinary stubbornness and I respect both equally haha. The dry heat argument is real though, I have heard enough people from Phoenix say that to believe it.

My Boy Blue clearly has good taste travelling with someone who knows how to find the best spots. If anyone in the challenge mentions somewhere within that 8 to 9 hour drive range with good trails and not too much humidity I would be curious what comes up.

Stay cool out there, or do not, since you clearly prefer it this way haha 🌞

Now I am wondering if the Phoenix dry heat is drier than San Jose dry heat, Brian England haha. Humidity is a game changer with heat - that is for sure. I suspect 120 degrees is something people just get used to - much like the cold and snow. 

I also love the warm weather Brian England . Even though Florida is humid, it's still great because we can enjoy outdoor activities year round and spend more time at the beach.

Brian England - I have many relatives that relocated to AZ. Some decided to stay. For others when it got too hot, they bugged out to cooler climates. I went to AZ (during summer and hot seasons) many times but not when I lived in Texas. Each time, I thought I was having a heat stroke.

What I discovered was my body couldn't adjust to the heat in AZ because my body was conditions to northern Illinois weather. When I moved to Texas, I arrived on March 27, 1997. The spring weather was very comfortable. My body began to adjust to hotter temperatures as the years when by. One thing I like is that when it's too hot outdoors, I can always get in my air-conditioned car, my house, or a cool store and the short time I'm in between the hot days and an air-conditioned environment, I am okay. 

My sister has lived in AZ for more than 35 years. She would never move. She adjusted and loves it.