approaches.

One of the fizst- Canadians in
these parts, Dr. Alexander
Chandler, went south and founded
the suburban city that bears his
name. East of here is Mesa, one of
the fastest growing cities in North
America, and at first glance just
part of the Phoenix sprawl.

David Wishart

But do not be deceived, for
Mesa has carved out a niche in the
booming winter vacation market,
with hotel rates 25 per cent less
than trendy Scottsdale, and with
100 per cent of the same sunshine.

Golf courses, and there are 19 of
them in Mesa, charge a relatively
modest $30 to $40 a round, and
one of them, Superstition Springs,
is rated as one of the top dozen
gourses in the state.

The _Shopping, one must con-
cede, is not going to challenge
Rodeo Drive, but there are

to be had at Nevada
Bob’s, and some eye-catching
signs, such as one store which
advertises ‘‘guns, ammo, picnic
supplies.’

Hotels are more than adequate.
The Sheraton San Marcos at
Chandler is looking good after a
$20 million renovation 2zound its
elegant ccionial arches. Built in
1913, it was once a hideout for
Hollywood actors such as Errol
Flynn, Clark Gable, Joan
Crawford and Jame: Stewart. .

Bing Crosby was here, too, a
regular en the resort’s golf course,
which is (he oldest in Arizona. As
pro John Clark says, it’s that hap-
py mix of being a test for the good
player yet still enjoyable for the
high handicapper.

At nearby Mesa, an excellent
base is the Arizcna Golf Resort,

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nicely situated on its own course
and between Superstition Sprinzs
and Red Mountain Ranch, which
was home to wrenglers until Pete
Dye came along and built a
magnificent golf course.

A rental car, by the way, is
essential in these parts, but if you
are picking it up at Phoenix airport
choose a company which has its
rental return base in the main
building. Dollar’s location, while
not far away, might as well be on
the meon to a tourist unfamiliar
with Phoenix’s one-way system.

Windshield scrapers come in
handy, for winter days at the
Arizona Golf Resort can start with
crisp mornings, and although it
soon warms up the desert air stays
as fresh as you’d expect at a
mountain resort.

This is wonderful weather for
golf and tennis, and of course
that’s what draws most visitors
here. The clear skies, perfect for
flying, are often criss-crossed by
training jets from the nearby
Williams air force base.

Up at Red Mountain Ranch it
takes a clear head to control the
ball and find Pete Dye’s target
landing zones, but what a lovely
golf course it is, lots of character
and beauty created out of a littie
imagination and a lot of moving
the desert around.

It’s remarkable to walk up a
lush, green fairway bordered by
cactus trees, to see in the distance
the dramatic bulk of Red Moun-
tain, while in between there’s des-
ert, tumbleweed and subterranean
— in winter —- rattlesnakes.

The natives are friendly year-
round. In fact, from the youthful
John Clark at San Marcos to the
retirees at Venture Out in Mesa,
you couldn’t meet a more amiable
bunch of people. Venture Out is
quite the place, a cross between a
trailer park and Club Med where
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of them from Canada, play tennis,
dance and take off for picnics in
Mexico.

A huge sign under U.S. and Ca-
nadian flags says ‘‘Welcome
home!”’ as you drive in, which is
followed by a 10 mph marker, then
another saying ‘Relax — 10
mph.”’

Like Club Med, it has its hokey
parts, but it works. Members, all
45-plus, include singles known as
solos, who start their day cycling
across the grounds to the tennis
courts where foursomes and
friendships are struck up. Styles
are fashicnable with a fortune in
Fila on every court.

Barbecues follow at sundowner
time, or it might be out to dinner
at any of Mesa’s restaurants, from
the elegant American Grill to the
Pink Pepper Thai house. Mesa —
& name to remember.

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