[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac

I lived in Apache Junction and Scottsdale, AZ for a number of summers. Think you missed the sand storms, rattlesnakes, and the gila monsters.

Tal:

You forgot scorpions!

I was visiting a friend in the foothills near Tucson and he was telling me that they had to call the fire department if a gila monster showed up in their yard, and to shake out my shoes in the morning so that I didn't get stung by a scorpion. I spent the whole time there with my hands up by my shoulders hoping that I wouldn't get bit by some critter.