Arizona, You Are Here... those are all the words on this tshirt, where the design says the rest... an arrow pointing high up on the thermometer.  As they say, the humidity may be low, but the numbers with an "F" or a "C" after them are right up there.  Sure, everybody knows it's hot in Arizona, but no one has ever said it quite like this.  This t shirt is a great way for those of you from Arizona to show everyone you can take the heat (some people think, what, 88 is hot? ha!) -- or, it's great if you've visited Arizona or you're a former Arizonan and you're looking for a distinctive memento and conversation starter (Oh, I'm from Scottsdale... North Scottsdale... where are you from?  Wickenburg?  Oh... that's nice... bye) -- anyway, there's hot, and there's ARIZONA hot, and if you're the latter, this is the tee for you.

According to Chris:

I've spent a lot of time in Arizona and I absolutely LOVE IT.  Over the last 10 years, I've grown to love the desert, but as those in the know, know, AZ is much more than saguaros and sand.  I first visited AZ & The Grand Canyon with Mom & Dad on our first cross-country road trip when I was 6.  We actually did not have A/C in our Ford LTD II, believe it or not.  It was reeeeel fun being in the backseat, sticking to the leather seats.  Anyway, we passed through Phoenix, which all I remember of was a Denny's, and then went to the Grand Canyon. (PS, for a look at 70s Phoenix, click here)

I actually then LIVED in Arizona for about 9 months on a consulting work assignment after graduating college. I lived in the "Autumn Ridge" apartment complex near Eliot Road and I-10.  Honestly, we just worked our butts off on that project, so I didn't get to really indulge in the full AZ experience.  What I do remember, going straight from Florida to Arizona, was the radical shift in humidity.  For 9 months, I got a shock with EVERY TIME I touched ANYTHING. I do remember though a few weekends 4-wheeling out in the desert, going to "Rawhide", going to "Anderson's Fifth Estate" and the Sports Bar at the Pointe South Mountain, eating lunch at the Happy Bowl (anyone remember this place?!), and shopping at the Fiesta Mall.

Anyway, over the last 8 years, I've had the pleasure of going back to Arizona a bunch of times, mostly for fun.  I've been back to the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon, Hiking in Aravaipa Canyon (awesome place but be careful!), Hiking in Chiricahua National Monument, Tonto Bridge State Park, I've been to Tombstone (in my top 5 movies of all time btw), spent the night in a Super 8 in Willcox and a Best Western in Payson, went to a bunch of Cubs Spring Training Games, ate at Matt's Big Breakfast (awesome place!!), and made it 80% of the way up Camelback Mountain (for more on that, see "SCOTTSDALE, SHIRT AND SHOES REQUIRED") -- and I have even gone to a Suns Game at the OLD "Madhouse on McDowell".

Point being, I love Arizona... heck, I might even move there someday!  And though it has a ton going for it, people will always think of it for being hot!  I love you Arizona.