We moved to Tucson 11 years ago after one too many gloomy winters in the Pacific Northwest. The desert is a fascinating place to live and visit. If Tucson is on your list of “places I want to sit” here are some tips I hope you’ll find useful. THE CLIMATE: For about six months the weather here is a…

Thank-you for taking the time to write and and share this. It is absolutely very useful and will be super helpful for members considering sits in the area. Being on vacation and “living” temporarily in a location can often be very different experiences and so having a destination explained from the…

@denniscnewman - what an interesting post! I like posts like these - honest and informative - even though, at this point, we have no plans to visit Tucson. But it’s like you’ve provided a short 5-minute trip, because I had to go and Google javelinas and gilas!

Hi @denniscnewman I just had to discover the Javelina … thank you for introducing us!! [image] denniscnewman: We also have critters here that don’t exist in most other places in the US. Strange pig-like animals called javelinas. [Screen Shot 2022-07-04 at 2.38.26 PM] [image] Is It…

@denniscnewman My very first sit in 2014 was in Phoenix. In walking the neighbourhood in a high-end gated community a man passed by and warned us there were javelinas up ahead. Puzzled, we asked him to repeat what he’d said. We then explained that we weren’t local and so he took time to explain. We …

Thank you, this was a really interesting read. I think Even though I have no plans to visit Tucson in the near future, what a useful resource this would be for someone who does. I had heard the expression “swamp cooler” but had no idea what it really meant. Definitely useful knowledge for anyone vi…

@snowbird , what a great add-on to this story! Looks like you had a great neighborhood and great neighbors when you were there! We all should be so lucky!

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Hi @denniscnewman I just had to discover the Javelina … thank you for introducing us!!

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