A Week in Mesa

Ron & I used to attend the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show each February to get out of the Minnesota winter.  We hadn't been for many years, but thought it might be fun to go again, so we headed toward Phoenix for the week.  Driving in city traffic was harrowing after not having to deal with it much on our travels, but we found our campground in Mesa - Palm Gardens RV Resort.

It is a lovely RV park - lots of Minnesotans & Canadians!

One of the two pools & the palm trees (not native, but they sure are pretty)

And there were orange, lemon, tangerine & grapefruit trees everywhere - yum!

Since the horse show didn't start until Thursday, we took the opportunity to go RV shopping.  There were hundreds of RVs to look at right along the street we were staying on.  It was great as we are hoping to upgrade our trailer sometime this year.

 

Scottsdale was only a short distance away, so off we went.  The show grounds are much bigger than we remembered.  There a many more arenas and everything seems bigger.  We were so happy to see our friends, Don & Sandi Holien.  They are the creators of all of the beautiful leather jackets I have worn for many years.  Always love-love-love to see them whether on the road or back in Minnesota.

Sculpture near the entrance of the show.

Arabian Costume horse in the warm up area.

Country English Pleasure horse in Wendell Arena. 

Me! The sculpture is made out of scrap metal parts.  There were several of these sculptures on the grounds & in the market place.  They were incredible!

 

We were also excited to be able to spend a day with Ron's brother, Dan and his wife, Chris, who were in Mesa visiting Chris's parents.  We went to the Mesa Flea Market (HUGE!!!) and then out to the Suspicion Mountains (yeah, I know, more pictures of mountains).

Dan & Chris

Views along the trail.

The view from the top.

Saguaro.

More cacti!

Ron & I on the trail!

We are on the move again - driving up to Las Vegas via Congress, AZ & Kingman, AZ.  We hope our weather holds, as it has been beautiful - sunny & warm!