We have been at our winter home in Gold Canyon, Arizona, for just over a week. Normally, we don't arrive until the first week of September. One year, we spent a few days here in July, waiting to fly to England. The heat is oppressive. The temperature has been 88 degrees when I get up about 5:30 am and 98 to 100 at 9 pm when I go to bed.
Some days we have gotten out for a walk about 6 am--temp 88. For a couple of days, we decided to escape the heat by driving to the mall and walking there. Not surprisingly, there are a number of other people--mainly our age--who are also walking.
Thursday, we were there at the same time the Kid's Club was held. Children register to take part. They are entertained by a woman and a person in a bear? costume. It reminds me of TV programs our children watched in the 1970s--Blinky's Fun Club, Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
While the children watch the Kid's Club activities, their parents can shop the mall. Some merchants give discounts at that time.
We were both born and raised in Colorado. We spent 3 years in the 1980s in Wisconsin. Dressing warm to go out in the cold is something we are used to. But walking in 88 to 95 degree heat is another matter. We get our exercise but I think I would prefer boots and down coats to shorts and a t-shirt at 6 am.
We came to Arizona to leave our trailer. Then we will return and move into the apartment in the south Denver area that we have rented. We plan to spend our winters in Arizona and summers in Colorado. Next week we will return--without the trailer--to Denver to move into our apartment. We will probably come back to Arizona sometime in October--hopefully before the snow falls in the mountains and after the intense summer heat is gone.
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