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$ Sierra Vista, AZ.


199 sampler in sunny


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Experience all the comfortable retirement we have to offer with 75 degree average daily temperatures and lots to do. Includes hotel plus meal deals


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RetireSIERRA VISTA RSVP-Retire in Sierra Vista Program A comfortable decision. The parks take visitors along


winding, crystal-clear rivers and to the depths of sinkholes and host more than a thousand springs, old forts, and even caves — while also of- fering glimpses of a diverse array of native and introduced birds, reptiles, fish, and even monkeys. (Florida has nonnative populations of rhesus, squirrel, and vervet monkeys.) Military veterans get an automatic


25-percent discount on entrance to state parks, and those with service- connected disabilities pay no charge — and neither do their families. Huszar and Humphries say they


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can’t think of any downsides to living in Florida specific to veterans. “I think overall, the general feel- ing of the veterans is the state does a lot for us,” Humphries says.


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Michael Stone is a freelance writer based in Florida. This is his first article for


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the Panhandle, to 60.2 in Orlando in the center of the state and 69.3 in Key West. Temperatures for July are 82.2, 82.7, and 84.5, respectively, according to the Florida Climate Center at Flori- da State University in Tallahassee. Showing off the natural marvels such a climate provides are Flor- ida’s 159 state parks as well as 11 national parks, including the famed Everglades and Dry Tortugas.


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