Mesa & Scottsdale Area of AZ

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After spending the month of December in Tucson as the New Year approached
we moved 2 hours north to Mesa & Scottsdale area of Arizona

With all the cold weather up north during January we are staying at the
Val Vista Village Resort in Mesa for the month of January

Although it is a mostly .....older crowd here, they are very active and like to have fun.



 Happy Hour is from 3:00 to 5:00 Mon. - Sat. at the pool side cabana bar.
There is a different live band every day playing different types of music from Country to
Rock to Zydeco.  Lots of dancing

These folks will line dance to anything... from Alan Jackson to ZZ Top and everything in between.


Of course if you had too happy a happy hour you don't have to worry about driving your car home



You can always catch a ride in someone's golf cart. People drive their golf carts everywhere.



Of course there is the usual tennis, pickle ball and shuffle board

16 shuffle board courts with bleachers for all the fans

There is also a stain glass work shop, ceramics work shop, greeting card making, bacci,
jewelry making, yoga, hiking, pools, hot tubs etc, etc,....

Very active folks here and a lot of fun.

There is also a very impressive wood shop here


 You can make furniture



A lot of the guys seemed to be turning wooden bowls the day I was there

4 lathes lined up for anyone to use

There is also a complete gym


This place really has something for everyone, you could stay on property and stay busy
every day if you wanted to.

Mesa and Scottsdale are suburbs of Phoenix. Winter here is like winter in South Florida
without the bugs, red tide or the humidity. 


There are lots of restaurants and shopping in Old Town Scottsdale



They have large art projects along the river in downtown Scottsdale


And fun sculptures in the Civic Center Park




Of course if you have been following us you know how we like to be out in nature



We have gone out to Saguaro Lake twice to hike the different trails and
look for the wild horses out in that area



Saguaro Lake was formed when the Salt River was dammed in 1930.
The is a good sized marina with all types of boats including house boats.
The lake has 22 miles of shoreline and is a great lake for boating and fishing 


This area has something for everyone



Don't know if we will have another post from here or not.

We will be boon docking out in the desert for two nights at the end of the month
during the upcoming Super Moon and then we will be moving
on to Palm Springs California.















































































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