We had reservations at Val Vista Villages beginning on January 1st. As you might imagine they have quite a few people booked to arrive on the 1st creating a check-in nightmare. They called us and said we could come in as early as the 27th at no extra charge to help alleviate the rush on the 1st. We would be missing a few extra days we had planned with Loren and Sharon which we hated, but I really did not want to deal with a mad rush at the beginning of the year so we accepted their early check-in offer.
I made arrangements to have our coach weighed again and to top off the propane tank before leaving the SKP park. The coach was only 575 pounds below the 32,000-pound GVWR after putting some unused things in storage back in Georgia. I will just have to stay vigilant regarding weight and hope we can unload a few more things to give us some more margin.
The morning was looking a bit glum and rain was expected but we didn't get wet until we were underway. We had made the drive from North Ranch to Mesa before, so today's drive, 102.2 miles (97,669.7 total) was easy except for, once again, the traffic through Phoenix. Joani plotted an alternate route - east on the 202 Freeway instead of east on Highway 60. I thought there was a lot less traffic (although Google Maps said both routes had the same arrival time) and it seemed to me to go much more smoothly. When we arrived we were alone at the check-in desk.
For this visit, we opted for the January through March time period so we could see how the park was in its "high season". We found our stay to be even more enjoyable than the Fall Special (September through December) because of the milder temperatures and the greater number of people. I think we found ourselves more at home since we had stayed here before - we were no longer new to the park.
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