A Busy and Fun Week at Sundance

March 5, 2015

It was a busy week here at Sundance with lots of different activities in addition to the regular ones.  Last Sunday afternoon we attended a John Denver Tribute which was excellent.  The musician looked a bit like John Denver and sang and told us a bit about the songs the John wrote as well as about his life.  I did not remember and may not ever have known that he died (1997) in an experimental airplane that he was piloting.  He would have been our age if he had lived. 

Since we had the quilt show here last week, everyone has been recovering from all the work that went into getting quilts ready and getting the show framing up and down as well as being on hand to help during the show. 

Ron and I attended the dance class on Tuesday and found ourselves picking up the steps and turns for the country waltz quite easily.    Guess we have not lost as much as we thought.  Now we just need to do some practicing.

Early afternoon on Wednesday was our Artisan show with residednets at the resort showing off their skills.  There was pottery, jewelry, wood carving, crochet, quilts, oil paintings, photography, stain glass and numerous other crafts.  Some beautiful items and amazing skills.   .

Golfing was on Ron’s list for Wednesday afternoon and his team again came in second.  Of the four times he has played, he has been on a winning team three times.  He has been getting in some practice at the driving range in between and recently bought himself a golf GPS which measures the distance to the greens and seems to have helped his golf game. 

Wednesday night we attended another show.  This time it was “Bernie and Red” (a song and comedy husband and wife team from Canada) whom we had seen before.  They sing, of course, songs from our era.  Red is the comedian and Bernie the straight man.  She does a lot of interrupting of him while he is trying to explain things and some dancing around and making some noises and imitations.  Really funny.  Don't miss them if they are entertaining anywhere you are.

Before leaving for Mesa on Friday we attended our Country Store which was vendors selling everything from jewelry to house hold items (some commercial and some hand done), golf items, photographs, paintings, salsas and jellies, placemats, clothing, etc., etc., etc.  Again this event is open to the public as well as to the resort residents.

We had been hearing a lot about the Mesa Marketplace which we understood was far larger than the Yuma one we attended.  So we drove the 50 miles to Mesa to see what all the talk was about.  It is quite the place.  Four long rows of open air covered tents, each row about two football fields in length.  Lots of walking and lots of vendors selling everything from RV supplies to indoor and outdoor décor items, jewelry, clothing, shoes, hats, golf and kitchen  items, electronic item covers, hearing aids, health items, etc., etc., etc.   In addition there is a food court area where there was standing room only.  We walked most of the area and found a few items to purchase then made a stop at the In N Out Burger near by for some lunch and to rest our feet before returning home.

A fun filled week.  Only two more weeks here before we leave for Tucson for the Escapees Rally.