Life with the “Trailer Park Boys”

The "Peacan" under a palm tree


Mesa Spirit's central office and activities area


One of the 3 pools

We have been in great RV parks and not so great parks. “Mesa Spirit RV Resort”, our current location is somewhere in the middle. It has all the amenities you can imagine including “8 heated pools and spas” (translation – 3 pools and 5 hot tubs), fitness centre, tennis courts, putting greens and driving net, 13 pool tables, as well as the usual shuffleboard, bocce and horseshoes. This place even has woodworking, ceramics, lapidary and silversmith shops. However, we find that the RV’s are crammed in with far less “wiggle room” than we like. Great way to meet the neighbours though!

The people who spend the winter in these “resort parks” are a friendly lot and, do get involved in many of the activities offered. Each day there is an activity sheet with dozens of offerings including overnight travel excursions. But, people who “park for the winter” do not necessarily relate to us “roamers”. The roamers tend to be younger, less interested in participating, and more interested in planning the next travel leg. That’s us! (Maybe not the younger bit!!)

Speaking of younger…….a FORMERLY young friend of ours (He’s still a friend…just not young anymore…….GOTCHA) e-mailed the other day, complaining that the blog postings are becoming less frequent. So, in deference to his urgings, I will attempt to share day-to-day life in a trailer park until my bride returns and, we hit the road again. This park seems to be a little microcosm of society anywhere. There’s the nosy neighbour (“So, where did you say your wife was again?”), the helpful neighbour, the crabby neighbour and, all the usual cast of characters. There are no other “roamers” near us in the park so, I have become something of a subject of interest for the nearby winter residents (just what I have always wanted to be!!) I’ve had the RV gone over from end to end, with some minor repairs completed and, am now making sure that we are ready to roam. I wonder if the nosy neighbours will miss us when we leave?