joebedford wrote:
BarbaraOK wrote:
Most are 45 deep and 30-40 feet wide
That's one of my biggest complaints about all the parks I've seen in Mesa / Apache Junction - the sites are just too small.
We have a 42' 5er, 3500HD dually and two motorcycles. The sites are just too small. We make it work, but it's a pain.
As Thundermountain said Canyon Vistas is booming. Why? Newer park verses the older ones in AJ and Mesa with 40Wx50D lots. Nice balance of activities and a very active crowd of residents. And it is out of the city hustle and bustle, with desert on two sides.
We spent our third retirement year (2008/2009 winter) here and continued to return each winter. Last winter after selling our home in Washington we built a park model here on a rare 50x50 lot here which allow use to end up with 875 sq ft of living, two baths, a bonus room which I built a Murphy bed for guest with fold down computer desk the rest of the time, a 9x12 man cave/golf cart garage with storage loft, plus another rear outside 5.5x6' storage room. Car port is 16' wide. Front deck is 12x18 and rear deck is 7x9'.
What needs to be done with some of the old parks in Mesa and AJ to to convert 3 sites into 2. Valle del Oro another one of the Cal-Am parks has done that to some sites. We stayed at Val Vistas for a week three years ago and the smaller 29' 5er was had to get on the lot and then I had to be careful opening the truck door to not hit the MH on the next lot. Our current 39' 5th wheel would not fit!
With the house gone we have two lots in NW Washington at a large membership park that is now our summer home. We are planning on roofing the 5th wheel and leaving it there year round at just drive back and forth. We bought the second lot after selling the home for extra parking, shed and guest.
We are in our mid 70's BTW. As we age the plan is to just stay in AZ year round. More and more residents are doing that at Canyon Vistas/Superstitions Views. For now our domicile is Washington State.
As we all say in this park, if you are bored it is your own fault.
Chris
