Friday, January 06, 2012

Fri - Jan 6/12

A usual morning with cereal for breakfast and a few arranging chores around the RV. We decided on dedicating a trash can to recycle bottle and cans and another just for paper.

Met out neighbour from across the street. They are workkampers at the park.


We were going to go to the Main Hall for sandwiches for lunch but decided instead to go to the Opening Ceremony at the new addition to the park - Superstition Views at Canyon Vistas - which was being held at noon.

My guess is that there were well over a thousand visitors at the opening with many being from outside of the park. The streets were packed with cars. Charlotte thought they should have used short term RV area at the entrance to park the cars. I made this suggestion to the District Sales Manager and by the time we returned to the RV I noticed that they implimented Cal-Am vehicles as well as sales staff golf carts as shuttles.
This section is an upscale resort featuring homes done in the Southwest architectural style. Today they were showcasing the first designs even though a few were not yet completed. Their are 6 different modular (manufactured) home styles from 14 to 18 feet wide and 45 feet in length. Some models offer RV ports with full hookups. One design has an RV garage. Other models offer carports or 2 car garages.


Some of the models have Margarita Decks on top of the garage/carport area. Each Cassita has over 800 Sq. Ft. of living area providing a Kitchen/Living/Dining area with a single bath, laundry area and bedroom. The cost is in the $125,000 + range with the park fee currently running at $600.00 per month + Sewer and Garbage fees. All utilities are up to the owner.


Beer, wine and water were provided as well as a lunch. I think they had many more visitors than expected. They ran out of hot food while we were almost at the serving table. It was cheese, crackers, veggies, dip and cookies for the remaining 80% who were in line. There were still at least a hundred in line when we left the open house about an hour later.

We returned to the RV about 1:30 p.m. after visiting the show models. No - we didn't buy!


Charlotte relaxed watching TV outside until about 3 pm. then came inside to crochet (afghan).

A typical evening - supper, TV and bed by 10 p.m. Our body clock is still on home time which means going to bed 2 hours earlier and getting up earlier in real (Arizona) time.