Tag Archives: Arizona

Pull Aside & Stay Alive

Do you know what to do if you encounter a dust storm? Pull aside and stay alive! Avoid driving into or through a dust storm. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has a message for drivers who think they can … Continue reading

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Top 5 Ways to Survive a Dust Storm

A dust storm usually arrives suddenly in the form of an advancing wall of dust and debris which may be miles long and several thousand feet high. Dust storms that turn day into night are a hazard to drivers. Dust … Continue reading

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Arizona State Parks Introduce Family Campout Program

Arizona State Parks is hosting a Family Campout Program at five state parks during March and April. The new 2013 Arizona Family Campout Program is designed for families that have little or no experience camping. The program will introduce you to the … Continue reading

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Are You Ready for a Snowbird Tax?

The governor of a northern state is proposing a snowbird tax on residents who live 60 days to just under six months in the state. Spend most of the year in Florida, Texas, Arizona, or another Sunbelt state, and a … Continue reading

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Escape Winter! You Deserve It!

As Neil Young once sang, “the summer ends and the winter winds begin to holler all around the bend…” The entire history of the human race is largely a search for comfort. Warm southern winters certainly rate high on my … Continue reading

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Palm Creek Resort Sold to Sun Communities

Palm Creek Golf & RV Resort, long one of the premier operations of its type in the United States, has been sold to Sun Communities, owner or operator of more than 170 manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities in 18 … Continue reading

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Quartzsite: Front Page Focus of National Media…for All the Wrong Reasons

It’s not the first time the desert town of Quartzsite off Interstate 10 in western Arizona, has been the focus of national news reports—and it undoubtedly won’t be the last. But this may be the only time the dusty community … Continue reading

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Why Snowbirds Should Go West This Winter

Earlier this year, weather forecasts suggested an early formation of El Niño would result in a slightly warmer and wetter weather for the United States. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center there’s a catch … Continue reading

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The Iceman Cometh! Are YOU Ready to Flock South?

We have chosen to be reasonably warm year-round, so we are snowbirds. Every year when I hear the honks of the Canada geese overhead at our home in the Great White North, something in my genes starts pulling my inner-compass … Continue reading

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Flocking South for the Winter? A Home Checklist for Snowbirds

It seems like a bad dream, those thirty-four years when I trudged to work each day. Winter was the worst: Get up with the sky still black; hastily don my suit or sports jacket; struggle into my Parka; pull on … Continue reading

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