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To: Yaacov who wrote (21200)	10/17/1998 2:31:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 27012

Many thanks for the info. I am hoping to travel to Tucson, Arizona in Jan. 1999 and stay for a couple of weeks. It seems to be good time for a visit. I rather hot and dry than hot and damp as in coastal area in La. and Tex. I don't think you need to worry about hot and dry vs. hot and damp anywhere in the US in January. About Tucson though, it's about a thousand feet higher than Phoenix so you can subtract about 5 degrees from the Phoenix temperatures. They also get a little snow on the ground (melts same day) a couple of times during the winter, especially in the foothills. Tucson has a (what to you would be miniscule since you're used to the Alps) mountain range north and east of the city. There's a small ski slope on Mt Lemmon but they usually have to use man-made snow and you'd probably laugh at it. Tucson with it's mountains is much prettier than Phoenix, but Phoenix is where the engineering jobs are. While you're here you'll definitely have to take a trip up to the Grand Canyon. It'll be cold up there that time of year but I'm sure that it'll be nothing compared to Swiss winters. It's about six to eight hours north of Tucson, I think. When you're in Tucson a couple of the touristy things to see would be the Saguaro National Park for cacti and the Old Tucson movie set/park for the Old West shows. Tombstone and Bisbee are worth seeing. At Bisbee you can tour the old Copper Queen underground mine. Nogales, Mexico is just a short hour-and-a-half south but I don't know what restrictions a third-country citizen would encounter crossing the US-Mexican boarder. Since most of Europe is at the same latitude as the New England area you're probably not used to our sun and you'd want to wear sun screen if you do something outside all day, especially if you have a light complexion. I'd really advise it if you ski at Flagstaff (Mt Humphreys is about 9,000 ft at the base of the ski lift and about 11,500 ft at the peak) or if you go to the Grand Canyon (about 7,000 ft, I think, maybe higher). I hiked the Grand Canyon about 11 years ago. Camped overnight at the Colorado River and hiked back out the next day. I couldn't walk right for about a week after. It was in December and there was snow on the rim and it was in the high-60s to low-70s at the bottom. You need to get a camping permit at least six months in advance and most likely a year in advance. BTW, why are you planning to go to Tucson?