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    I'm gonna Quit

    Next year when July comes around I want to go where the humidity is low and the temp is under 90. Is there anywhere within a 1000 miles of Arkansas I can take about a three month vacation from this heat and humidity ? I have been looking out Colorado way, thinking it might be cooler. I have been planning on spending the winter months in south Texas and now the high humidity months somewhere dry so now I am getting serious about a Travel Trailer. Its time to retire again anyway.

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    Bobby,
    Kay & I had a Hi-Lo Trailer for about 8 years. We enjoyed it very much - very easy to tow.
    We have friends in Butte, MT and we have been at their place a number of times (4/5), warm days light jacket nights; low humidity; elevation about 5000 feet.
    Then again we have friends in Eagle River Alaska and have been there once. Nice weather in the summer but watch out for the dreaded mosquito ( the national bird of Alaska)- Kay and I swear.
    Best of luck in your quest - and if you're in "Western" (Howdy) Pennsylvania - you're welcome here at the "ranch" "estate" "acreage" "lot". Oh well!
    Daniel
    Last edited by Daniel Rabinovitz; 07-07-2003 at 4:56 PM.
    "Howdy" from Southwestern PA

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    Bobby,
    Do you like the ocean? It's pretty nice along the New England coast. Come on up and test it out. Get's warm in the daytime...80's...but nice and cool along the ocean...60's.

    I spent 20 years in and around Viriginia...aways reminded me of taking a suction on the tailpipe of a Greyhound in July/Aug.
    Glenn Clabo
    Michigan

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    Hey Bobby,

    I'm living up here in northern Colorado. It's Great, live right at the foothills. Any time it gets too hot, about an hours drive and your in the mountains well about the 5,000 mark where it is nice and cool. Just last weekend I was at 11,000 feet fishing on a patch of snow watching the meltoff feed the lake I was fishing on. Man that was great. Buena Vista area is very beautiful. Ohh, and we don't even know what humidity is here in Colorado. Almost never happens.



    Randy

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    [QUOTE=Glenn Clabo]Bobby,
    Do you like the ocean? It's pretty nice along the New England coast. Come on up and test it out. Get's warm in the daytime...80's...but nice and cool along the ocean...60's.

    Aw, Glenn, you're being optimistic for the last couple of weeks. ;-)

    I'm about 5 miles inland, and it's been sweltering. Course, if I could head over to the beach, it'd probably be a different story.

    - Ed

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    Summertime here on Whidbey Island, Washington in the Puget Sound is real nice a light western breeze low humidity at least I think its low of course I'm comparing it to Georgia a world of difference.

    We were up into the low 90's but that is rare mostly high 60's to the low 80's. real enjoyable weather. We do get some liquid sunshine but then again if you don't like the weather wait 15 minutes.
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    Bobby, how are you going to get that nice big lathe on a travel trailer? Save your money and buy a bigger air conditioner for your shop.
    Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
    Don

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    Colorado fever

    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Gleckler
    Hey Bobby,

    I'm living up here in northern Colorado. It's Great, live right at the foothills. Any time it gets too hot, about an hours drive and your in the mountains well about the 5,000 mark where it is nice and cool. Just last weekend I was at 11,000 feet fishing on a patch of snow watching the meltoff feed the lake I was fishing on. Man that was great. Buena Vista area is very beautiful. Ohh, and we don't even know what humidity is here in Colorado. Almost never happens.



    Randy

    Randy thats raising my vacation fever about ten points, it sounds like the place to be in the summer. I may have to find a few days to come up to look things over when I finish these jobs.

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    Alaska

    Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Rabinovitz
    Bobby,
    Kay & I had a Hi-Lo Trailer for about 8 years. We enjoyed it very much - very easy to tow.
    We have friends in Butte, MT and we have been at their place a number of times (4/5), warm days light jacket nights; low humidity; elevation about 5000 feet.
    Then again we have friends in Eagle River Alaska and have been there once. Nice weather in the summer but watch out for the dreaded mosquito ( the national bird of Alaska)- Kay and I swear.
    Best of luck in your quest - and if you're in "Western" (Howdy) Pennsylvania - you're welcome here at the "ranch" "estate" "acreage" "lot". Oh well!
    Daniel

    Daniel, you know that those Alaskan mosquitos are the rejects we ship over there that don't meet the size requirments here in eastern Arkansas.

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    Air Condition shop

    Quote Originally Posted by Don Farr
    Bobby, how are you going to get that nice big lathe on a travel trailer? Save your money and buy a bigger air conditioner for your shop.

    Don this ole shop is metal without much insulation and 32' X 120' and no way is ther anyway I could pay the electric bill.

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    [QUOTE=Ed Falis
    Aw, Glenn, you're being optimistic for the last couple of weeks. ;-)

    I'm about 5 miles inland, and it's been sweltering. Course, if I could head over to the beach, it'd probably be a different story.

    - Ed[/QUOTE]

    It's that ocean breeze. I live on Aquidneck Island so it's 10-15 degrees cooler than just a few miles inland if there's a breeze off the water...until it warms up in August.

    Grew up in North Reading, MA btw.
    Glenn Clabo
    Michigan

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    How about British Columbia...impressive territory and LOTS of trees! (and mountains...)
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    Upstate New York

    Bobby,

    In the summer you can't beat upstate New York, right on Lake Ontario. Absolutely beautiful weather and the nicest people you will find anywhere. I worked a construction job there for two years in the mid 80's. The down side is that winter is brutal with an average snowfall of 326 inches and after November it never gets up to zero untill late May. In July when the temperature gets up to 75 degrees everyone stays home, they think it's too hot to go outside

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    Hi Bobby!

    I live in Idaho, and there could be some places here that would fit the bill. We have a cabin in the mountains, about a half an hour away from West Yellowstone Montana. We're a block from one lake, and ten minutes from another. If you'd like to try it out sometime, stop on by!

    I never understood why people talked about humidity until I was in Kentucky in the Army. Just about killed this poor kid from the high desert!

    Scott.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Greaves
    I never understood why people talked about humidity until I was in Kentucky in the Army. Just about killed this poor kid from the high desert!

    Scott.
    Scott- I was waiting for someone to mention that!! We've had an extremely wet and cool spring. Within the last week or so it's jumped to low 90's with humidity to match .

    Were you at Ft Knox $$$ or Ft Campbell?


    Bobby- I don't have to tell you anything about humidity- I think it was invented in the Miss River Valley. Our church goes to Greenville, MS every year to do vacation bible schools and construction (next week actually!). The humidity and the fire ants are two things ya'll can keep!!
    Mark


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