Oh yeah, the good old British summers filled with rain.....! I'm orginally from Nottingham (150 miles north of London) and my folks still live there. They had snow only 2 weeks ago. Can't say that I miss those freezing lead grey skies that last for months on end! Give me southern AZ any day

My wife is from Tucson so we'd spent some time over here before we moved, but we normally came over for Thanksgiving when it's not so hot. The first summer here was a little tough - now I love it

Thanks to everyone who replied, and thanks Joe for the articles. We moved from England to Tucson in Janof 2004 so had only been here a few weeks when the whole lion-hunting thing went down. I think gievn that it'll be Memorial Day weekend, I'll be safe!

Thanks again and happy hiking!

Col

Hey folks I'm thinking of hiking the Sabino Canyon/Hutch's Pool/Bear Canyon loop by myself Memorial Day weekend. I know there are signs everywhere about recent increaed mountan lion activity, but how common is it to see one? I live in Tucson and haven't heard of any sightings for a long time. I gues...