Holiday tips!

Olivia82

Hopefully a fun thread, holidays for people with lymphoedema! It seems most people struggle in hot, humid climates so thinking the ideal holiday destination is dry and warm but ok to wear a long sleeve t shirt (and not too many bugs/mosquitoes!). Since having LE I've been to Spain in May and Italy in October which were both perfect. Anyone got any tips for the best time to visit New York and California?! X x x

glennie19

New York City is lovely in the fall. That's my favorite time to go. A little cool, but not too cold. Late Sept or Oct is good.  Can't really help you with California,, but a suggestion:  which part do you want to go?  The areas are so diverse.  I have a friend in San Diego and she says it has "perfect" weather all the time.

Kicks

Know nothing about NY but CA has all sorts of climates/weather/temps depending on where you're thinking about.

I was stationed at DLI in Monterey, CA gorgeous cool weather but fogs do come in often. We spent 3 1/2 years at NWC China Lake (northern Mojave Desert) when Hubby was stationed there. It was 'hot as Hades'most of the year, dry and the wind blows all the time.. Those are the only 2 parts of CA I've lived in but there many different options in other areas.

Puget Sound, WA is gorgeous and usually not too hot or cold. It does occasionally get quite warm/hot or quite cold but extremes don't 'hang around'for long. Hubby was stationed at NAS Whidbey Island for a total is of 12 yrs.

I do much better with my LE when it is hot than the brutal cold we get here.

Olivia82

Wow all these places sound fantastic, I've not seen much of the US so would probably start off with San Francisco, would love to do some camping/hiking in Yosemite, maybe May time? Just that trans-Atlantic flight to deal with, not flown more than a few hours since getting LE

hugz4u

Good thread Where are you from?

Palm springs calif. is perfect if you like 50-72 degrees around December. The climate is dry but a bit more moist if you are near the many golf courses as the sprinklers send the humidity up. Still it is fairly dry.Sunny most days. My friend is there now and it is 80 degrees so pick the dead of winter for cooler days. So much to do with hiking there, visiting the palm oasis in the mountains and they are not to high in elevation.Make sure your pool is heated in Dec. it still can be a brisk chilly dunk ,not too many people are willing to swim then. But I do. I do perfect in a jean jacket, jeans and capris at this time. Sooooo long overdue for a Palm Springs trip. It is in the Mojave desert to. If I had my choice I would do Palm springs from Nov to mid January yearly. I cant remember mosquitoes there. Maybe a odd one near bushes. Anyone know about bugs in PSprings? Snakes....yes in the hills. Stilll its safe if you stay on mountain trails.

Binney is from the desert. Arizona I think. Maybe she will weigh in. I know she is all wrapped/compressed up daily arms and legs. I cant imagine living there year around.

I want to go on a dry vacation to. I missed 2 coastal trips to mexico with family (sp?) cause I wont do humidity and fly long hauls. Me chicken to fly.

Stay away from New york or east coast in the summer. ugh you will need to shower mulitpy times.

Kicks said Whidbey island. That is at my back door and is stunningly beautiful. Humidity not too bad at all here on west coast. (only one shower a day) Totally liveable in the summer months. A few days reach 90 but not many. Mostly 75-82 in the summer. Winter rain. Bring bug spray after dusk. I have a bug spray infused shirt. Only mosquitoes, no other biters on the lower west coast.

DH lovessssss Yosemite. Also just google Yellowstone national park. Montana. Its a stunner. You are inside a live volcano system with hot bubbling mud. Don't worry about humidity or heat as the end of June can still have some odd bits of snow there, but perfectly good LE weather. Early Sept before the snow flys also. Need bug spray for sure which is a total bummer. parts of it are high elevation but I stay around the 4-7000 ft level and do ok. Hordes of odditys to see.

Kicks

About the Puget Sound area, it is very diverse in what you experience weatherwise to a degree. If 'you' want to get in snow - you can up on Baker even in June.When we first lived there we lived near Strawberry Point (east side) and got a lot more snow there than other part of the Island and less fog. The second time, we lived a 1/4 mile from West Beach and got a lot more fog and not as much snow but more rain - worse winds - the spray would hit the 2nd story windows.

It's been 20 yrs since we lived there but back then 'skeeters' were not an issue at all. Vets did not recommend Heart Worm meds for dogs or getting/giving EEE/WEE/VEE shots for horses - unless you took them across the Cascades - because the vectors were not there then in the Sound area. The San Juans are super - only accessible by ferry. S

hugz4u

kicks, Do you ever want to move back? I love the west coast. Rain is the downer part but that is what keeps it so pretty and green here. Mosquitoes seems to be worst than 25 years ago but still nothing like up north. I can handle them pretty much fine here as they don't really like my salty air near the ocean. But then....it only takes one of those buggers to spoil your night and that is why I have the handy dandy bug shirt. I mostly use that camping though.

Kicks

This is a bit hard to explain with anyone really understanding my thought/feeling. if we could go back to the Sound as it was when we first got there in 1982 - we'd have already been back. BUT it isn't 'culturally' ( can't think of a better word).the same.

When Hubby retired, we decided to come here to get Sons away from some 'things' that were getting bad on the Island. Those issues were not anywhere near as bad here as they were there. I had taken the Boys back to my hometown in SW FL in 1991 while Hubby was on the Ranger during Desert Storm but it was no longer what I grew up as (Hubby is from 100 m north of me) or wanted to take the Boys back to.

I never had any issues with SAD when we lived on the Island (which is farther North), but I do here. On the Island, I could always drive over to Sound and watch the ebb/flow of the tide but here there are only creeks that flow one way - not the same.