Thanks for the info and suggestions... it's really all going to hinge on work of course. We're actually planning on driving my motorcycle down in December to go for a ride, and look things over. I'm definitely not used to extreme heat... we get about 15 days of triple digit weather here... Sometimes more but not generally. I stay inside those days, or try to go camping at high altitudes.
I'll let you know if/when we make a run down.