Where have you traveled to?

[Americano]

Originally Posted by Donkey

Arkansas ain't in any midwest that I'm familiar with.

Forgot to include also impossible for me to rationalize Midwest humidity. Should have stated any state with high summer humidity.

[Donkey]

What is there to rationalize?

[Americano]

Originally Posted by Donkey

What is there to rationalize?

That humidity can't be avoided?

[Miranda]

Originally Posted by Americano

I spent time in the humid South. It did take nice hotels and other pleasurable escape for me to rationalize my time there. I found the Midwestern US climate impossible to rationalize.

Which part of the humid South habe you spent time in?

Originally Posted by Donkey

Arkansas ain't in any midwest that I'm familiar with.

Yeah, I assumed it was part of the South. But apparently I was wrong.

Still, I am stubborn and maintain it is part of the South. It's hot and dirty, how could it not be? Almost like a South South Carolina.

[Americano]

Originally Posted by Miranda

Which part of the humid South habe you spent time in?

A few years based in Atlanta with business travel in AL, FL, NC and TN. Grew up in Texas but escaped early enough to make no humidity an eventual lifestyle goal.

[Michael]

Originally Posted by Donkey

Arkansas ain't in any midwest that I'm familiar with.

Originally Posted by The Drunk Girl

Being devil's advocate (?) here, maybe the (personal) interpretation of the midwest is based upon geographical location?

Arkansas is definitely south of Kentucky and Ohio Coming from the "far" west well...

Arkansas wasn't part of the old 'antebellum South', so Southerners don't include it. But its geographic location is very southern, so most non-Southerners seem to include it as "southern".

[drgoodtrips]

Originally Posted by pramjockey

Just got back from a long weekend in Sedona, AZ. My in-laws have a real love of the desert, so they invite us to stay with them when they're out there. It's pretty, and I took some pictures that I'm hoping turned out (haven't had time to look), but I still don't get the passion for the desert that they have. I need me some shade after a while.

Did you make it up to Flagstaff while you were there? I always thought that was a really fun town.

[pramjockey]

Originally Posted by The Drunk Girl

Being devil's advocate (?) here, maybe the (personal) interpretation of the midwest is based upon geographical location?

Arkansas is definitely south of Kentucky and Ohio Coming from the "far" west well...

IMHO, it's one of those 'tweener states. Parts of it are kinda Southern, parts of it are definitely Midwest (like Iowa, Ohio, and the rest of the flatland endless rows of corn states).

[pramjockey]

Originally Posted by drgoodtrips

Did you make it up to Flagstaff while you were there? I always thought that was a really fun town.

No, we headed the other direction.

Should have gone up to Jerome to visit Maynard's tasting room though. Next trip.

Now, of course, I've got the usual "I visited the in-laws" cold.

[drgoodtrips]

Originally Posted by pramjockey

No, we headed the other direction.

Should have gone up to Jerome to visit Maynard's tasting room though. Next trip.

Now, of course, I've got the usual "I visited the in-laws" cold.

Ah, so you got the desert in full force. I like southern Arizona as well. The desert is such an alien landscape that it's interesting to me to spend a week or two in it. I don't know if I'd enjoy it on a permanent basis. One thing that's so appealing to me about Arizona is that you have so many different climates and landscapes within a few hours of driving in any direction.

Sucks about the cold, though. There's nothing like coming home from a trip, getting back to the grind, and being sick on top of it.