Where is a good area to work this time of year? Midwest

[David]

I've been traveling along the Gulf coast since the start of last month. I started in central FL, stayed at a lot of random places, with a week stay over in and around New Orleans. I spent several days on Bryan Beach in Texas and just left Padre Island today after camping on the beach the last few days. ( they closed the beach due to the oil spill in Houston )

Overall it's been pretty "cool" weather mixed with a high amount of overcast and rainy days until I moved away from the coast in Texas.. Right now it's pretty damn hot in my van..

I'm stealth camping so I can exactly pop the top and open up the windows. I was headed to Austin to maybe spend a week and look around for a temp job for a month or so but it's obvious that it's probably going to be too hot to stay there that long.

I don't really know the mid or south west that well. I planned to get a job for about a month or two in Austin to replenish the funds but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be too hot for that. Any ideas on where I can go that I won't be dealing with this winters snow storms but isn't gonna be 90 degrees in a month?

Btw I'm just looking for some warehouse work of something of that nature. I'm pretty experienced with various types of forklifts, so was looking at areas used for distribution centers and so fourth.

 

[user 423]

I can't help you with finding work but most of the Midwest won't really start to heat up until about the middle of June. Here's a good link for checking weather in different locations. Click on "Month" and you can see what the weather was last year plus the averages:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/columbus-oh/43215/june-weather/350128?monyr=6/1/2013

I would think if you have forklift experience you would do well finding temp jobs.

 

[David]

I can't help you with finding work but most of the Midwest won't really start to heat up until about the middle of June. Here's a good link for checking weather in different locations. Click on "Month" and you can see what the weather was last year plus the averages:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/columbus-oh/43215/june-weather/350128?monyr=6/1/2013

I would think if you have forklift experience you would do well finding temp jobs.

Yea, I mean I've done other stuff as well, but I know it's pretty easy to find forklift/warehouse jobs, so I figured I'd just look for that. It's just I didn't expect it to be 85 already in this area..

I'm pretty sure by May I'd be roasted if I stay around here, but not sure where I could go that will still be ok weather but not freak snow storms... :s:

Btw nice site, I've seen it before but never noticed the old weather data. It's showing well into the mid 90s by April kinda confirming my thoughts.

 

[akrvbob]

I'd say Prescott, AZ. It's at 5300 feet so it won't be too hot and snow is possible but unlikely. Flagstaff, Az is at 7000 so it has much more chance of snow. It snowed today.

Sedona or Cottonwood, AZ (where I am now) has nearly perfect weather for April and May but they aren't very big so I don't know if you can find work. I'm not sure when tourism starts in Sedona but they hire a lot of people for summer. SAme for the Grand Canyon put it's probably still cold there yet and early.

Check into ST George, Utah. It's at 4000 feet so it may be good.

April and May are by far the hardest months to find a good temperature if you are stuck in one place.
Bob

 

[David]

Ok I'll expand the search toward AZ but I wasn't planning to go that far yet. I'm sort of working my way west.

Btw if anyone is looking for a job at the grand canyon there was a general warehouse labor type job listed on CL. Doesn't mention pay but it's March through April. It sound more manual labor involved than what I'm after so I'll pass it on.

http://flagstaff.craigslist.org/lab/4393803497.html

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Edit above March through October

 

[user 423]

@David: I didn't pay attention to your present location in your first post and now realize the Columbus example I gave above is a l-o-o-o-n-g ways from where you're at! April in the STL or KC area is pretty much past the possibility for snow but freakish things can happen. One thing to keep in mind is that the Midwest can be very humid and miserable when it heats up. The SW has much lower humidity and you can stay pretty comfortable in higher temps.

It's a long way 'cross Texas...

 

[David]

Yea Texas is for sure a big state. I've pretty much driven the entire gulf coast of it and now I'm up in San Antonio probably headed to Austin tomorrow.

BTW one of the things I'm looking for is the ability to do some kayaking in the area I'm working. One of the reasons I was planning on Austin was Lake Travis was near by and the rivers and so forth.

I carry a folbot folding kayak with me so it's nice to be in a area to use it.. lol

 

[user 423]

If you head north for cooler weather there are lots of cities in the Midwest for your work search. Have you tried signing on with any of the national temp agencies?

I believe Missouri has a few rivers known for good canoeing. Eastern Oklahoma has quite a few large lakes (reservoirs) that are pretty nice. Some have red water though which takes a little getting used to.

 

[akrvbob]

Isn't the midwest subject to tornadoes in the spring?
Bob

 

[user 423]

Isn't the midwest subject to tornadoes in the spring?

Yes but Texas has more tornadoes than any other state. The odds of being killed by a tornado aren't nearly as bad as the odds of being killed in a car crash. Plus, there is always plenty of temporary cleanup and construction work available afterwards for the enterprising mobile traveler.

 

[David]

I actually have always wanted to see a tornado.. LoL but not if it's headed toward me..

Far as Texas goes it's starting to get on my bad side.. As I mentioned above I have a kayak with me. Every damn lake in the state that I've visited requires you to pay a fee.

Just about anywhere I've ever traveled, you could always access a river or lake for free with very few exceptions, but here in Texas even the Us core engineers parks charge a fee to enter which I've never seen in any other state.

This state doesn't seem to let you do anything free with out someone holding their hand out for money. The only exception I've found so far was the beach access at Bryan beach where you could also camp over night..

I'm at canyon lake now in between San Antinio and Austin and every single one of the Army core of engineers parks charges a fee with the exception of the actual dam. I'm not even talking camping areas, but just to access the park..

Hell even a lake in the middle of nowhere kinda close to corpus Christe called lake Austin was full of liter and they expect you to buy a damn $5 permit to "use" the lake and stick it in a box..

 

[compassrose]

I suggest you head for the mountains for the summer. To beat the heat, shoot for altitude.