No 2 - no, it was in Arizona. I did fly to California, and then fly out again two days later, but I couldn't really comment on the weather that far west.
As for Arizona, in the two months I was there, I had to cancel three flights. One was a cross-country where the cross-wind at my destination was out of the aircraft's limits - I could have flown locally, but didn't. The next was a mountain cross-country where the cloud base was below the tops of the mountains - again, I could have flown locally, but didn't. And the other flight I had to cancel was an aerobatic flight where the cloud-base was too low for aeros (well, certainly for a complete novice like me) - again, I could have done just about any other kind of flying if I wanted. The temperatures were similar to a cool British summer - I thought it was very pleasant, but the locals didn't understand how I could fly a Super Cub with the windows open when it was so cold! I doubt you could find much better weather anywhere.
Hope that helps,
FFF
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