Lots of rain and a gripe, but at least we are eating good…

 

The last few days here in the Phoenix area have not been very nice as we have seen nearly solid rain. In fact it has been rainy off and on for the past week both here in Mesa and back in Yuma making it hard to believe we are in the desert. Mesa has an average rainfall of only 8.37 inches and on January 29th we received over 10% of that annual total. At least with all the rain we have been making a lot of culinary delights while cooped up…

With all the superbowl activities, travelers from the Pacific Northwest must have thought they never left home as it drizzled and rained on them for nearly 36 hours. But on Sunday, the day of the superbowl the sun broke out and the rain left the area. This was apparently an omen for the Seattle fans as their team fell short of winning the superbowl.

Since we didn't win superbowl tickets, we thought it would be fun to watch it amongst a crowd of polarized fans. We checked our park calendar (Sun Life RV Park) and were surprised to see nothing scheduled for superbowl Sunday. The only mention in the calendar was for some food specials at the on premises restaurant. We were shocked that the park had scheduled nothing especially since the superbowl was hosted in nearby Glendale Arizona!

We were even more surprised since we had taken an earlier bike ride over to one of the larger Cal-Am parks (Mesa Regal) to check it out. Sun Life is also a Cal-Am park and a blog follower urged us to  visit wearing our Sun Life Cal- Am badges which would make us welcome at Mesa Regal .  We immediately noticed Regal has much nicer facilities than does Sun Life and when we walked around the pool area there was a lot of decorating going on as Mesa Regal was going all out for the superbowl. There were fans everywhere festively decked out in their team colors trying to reserve their seating early around the many TV's being readied for the big game. This sure made us wonder why this one was celebrating the big game and the other (ours) wasn’t doing anything. Worse is Sun Life even costs more to stay at than the nicer Mesa Regal just down the road.

We almost decided to go back over to Mesa Regal to enjoy the game with their lively residents but later decided to just stay put in our own park. We ventured over to the bar by the pool and settled in with a beer while watching the pre-game activities. Unfortunately we soon realized the TV tuned in on the game had no sound so we wandered into the ballroom where there were tables and chairs set in front of a big screen TV (with sound).  There was a pot luck going on as well. Nowhere was any of this advertised so it was very poorly attended.

We only stayed for the first half of the game as the folk attending the unannounced pot luck were extremely cliquish and not nearly as friendly or welcoming as RV park folks as we have encountered in our past. We left at half time and enjoyed the rest of the game in our RV and what a game it was, exciting to the finish…

While not real happy with our selection for our month long stay here in Mesa we remind ourselves that we are only here for another 3 weeks and came here mainly for our medical appointments. Needless to say, unless things change, Sun Life RV Park won’t be a place we stay at in the future… That being said I feel sure we will enjoy our stay in Mesa as the weather looks like there will be an abundance of sunshine with temperatures in the 70's and 80's! The resorts pool and pickle ball courts better look out…