Saturday, September 24

Today was a trip to Mesquite, NV which is about 30 miles south on I-15.  Michael wanted to see it since we were in the area and we had heard good things about it from some former Eagle Cresters who moved down here permanently recently.  Michael is interested in Nevada since it has no inheritance tax (always thinking ahead).  Anyway, Mesquite is quite a bit of nothing.  It's just over the border of Arizona,a corner of which you pass through on the way from St. George.  There are lots of new houses on the north side of the freeway, and the Sun City by Del Webb that we visited has some beautiful homes at very reasonable prices, but unfortunately, that's about all that can be said of the place.  The distant mountain vistas are lovely, but there are almost no trees which we weren't thrilled with.  And other than a super Walmart, you'd have to go to St. George or Las Vegas (80 miles southwest) for any other shopping.  So, we crossed Mesquite off the list.  We had lunch at the golf clubhouse (not terribly memorable) and took a "back road" back to St. George.  A few hours by the pool and leftovers for dinner rounded out the day.  Tomorrow we head for Winnemucca for the night on our way home.