| In the gold years of life after the kids are grown and | | | | temperatures in the 60s the retirees transport |
| have children of their own many retires look into the | | | | themselves south to the assisted living centers |
| prospect of selling their home and moving into | | | | where they maintain a home for six months of the |
| assisted living facilities. Utah is one place where the | | | | year from October to April. During the other two |
| aging population sometimes sets up one residence for | | | | seasons the snowbird migrate north into Utah to |
| their elder care in one state so that they can enjoy | | | | escape the devastating heat of Arizona that warms |
| the summer months in the warmth of the mountains | | | | up to 80 in April and climbs into the 110 degree |
| before retreating from the cold temperatures of | | | | scorching heat through the end of September. |
| winter to more suitable climates with a second home | | | | By maintaining two households that are independent |
| in another state. Choosing to divide their senior living | | | | of one another the older generation is able to |
| between the neighboring states of Arizona and Utah | | | | maintain a comfortable range of warm and cool |
| the maturing population has been aptly name snow | | | | without having to deal with either end of the |
| birds as they tend to migrate north or south | | | | spectrum. Through the care of assisted living facilities |
| depending upon the seasonal changes that make it | | | | Utah residents are able to be as independent as they |
| difficult for them to manage the extremes of heat | | | | can be on their own without feeling tied down a |
| and cold. | | | | house that they can no longer keep up. |
| As the Arizona desert offers mild winters with | | | | |