The HEAT in on!

[C.O.B.]

I like the south.....in Dec,Jan,Feb, March. One nice thing about the Southern is it can still be crappy weather here in April and it's the first warm days I get.

All in all the winters here aren't that bad. You can add layers of clothing to keep warm but there is a limited amount that can come off

[Hammer Gun]

Rich, You can live in the South and still be comfortable if you are in the mountains, it is 62 as I write this at 9:00 AM Sunday morning, Will be around 80 today always a breeze and very little humidity here on top of the mountain, now down in the valleys, like Roanoke it will be 10 degrees warmer! I love where I live, fortunate to have found it, Gary

[charlie cleveland]

in mississippi all you gota do to keep cool dureing the summer months is to stay by the air conditioner....i woulder ruther have the heat than the cool my old bones feel better with the sun shining on them...charlie

[bob weeman]

Developed a dislike for the heat during my years as a mason. Those 140 degree attics and hot roof tops while hauling heavy loads did it. I would swap 90 and humid for 0 and snow any day....love being out in it reading the stories in the snow...no ticks and lyme disease to worry about for dogs or me either....I am sure I am in the minority though!

[Steve Hodges]

Originally Posted by bob weeman

Developed a dislike for the heat during my years as a mason. Those 140 degree attics and hot roof tops while hauling heavy loads did it. I would swap 90 and humid for 0 and snow any day....love being out in it reading the stories in the snow...no ticks and lyme disease to worry about for dogs or me either....I am sure I am in the minority though!

Bob I agree with you. Having been raised here in NH I like the cool and even the cold weather. I love to go to camp in Pittsburg in the fall to hunt, then back in January to snowmobile on and off until April. Hot weather just drains me.

[MD*GSP]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

After thirty years living and working in the Washington, DC area, my Wife and I retired to Spokane County, Washington and Kodiak, Alaska. I much prefer a couple of hours in my parka blowing snow with my Troy-Bilt to another minute in DC area humidity!!

We seem to be on about the same path as you Dave.

Me - born and raised in the DC area (Gaithersburg)

Better half - born and raised in Aberdeen South Dakota.

At about 21 or so, after my future wife and I met, we packed up and went to Santa Cruz CA w/a college friend. Major earthquake sent us running home to the safety of Moms (like a couple of wimps - 1989)

Returned to the west coast about a year later - Spokane area. Loved it and we happened upon one of the greatest loves of our lives while there - fields full of quail and German Shorthaired Pointers. Couldn't afford good guns. Business ambition brought us back to the DC area after about 2 yrs.

Virtually no winter in the DC area this past season and recently, the heat & humidity has been brutal. Dog hates it.

Have had Shorthairs since our time in WA and I've gotten fairly good at training them up. Guns are much better now. Cannot wait to return to NE WA (or Idaho) for good.

[Bill Anderson]

I did some running around today and pulled into a Subway for lunch right behind a pick up truck with Texas plates. We got out of our vehicles at the same time so I couldn't help saying to the guy from Texas "how do you like the weather up here (it was 78 degrees, mostly cloudy today, light breeze) He replied "God, just wonderful!" I replied "I'm not God, but I'll pass the message on to him."

Bill

[George Lander]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

After thirty years living and working in the Washington, DC area, my Wife and I retired to Spokane County, Washington and Kodiak, Alaska. I much prefer a couple of hours in my parka blowing snow with my Troy-Bilt to another minute in DC area humidity!!

NOBODY RETIRES IN D.C......George

[Kensal Rise]

If I think of it, I will revive this thread during the first week of January 2018. When some of you kind gentlemen are shoveling snow, sliding into the ditch on icy roads, and seeking medical attention for broken hips and frost bite.

I'll be at Backwoods Quail Club shooting a round of clays in 60-degree weather. And a sweatshirt.

BTW... "humidity" would not be on my Top Ten Reasons to leave the Washington DC area!

[Daniel G Rainey]

When to the store to pick up some ice. 93 at 5:30. Thinking about those winter afternoons when temp. is in the low 50's.