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Lifestyles Manager’s Message
Lorena Nieto Lifestyles Manager
Visit us on suncitygrand.com or contact us at 623-546-7449. Thank you for your continued support of your SCG Activities Department.
Stay happy, healthy and stay safe, Sun City Grand.
All Things Seem Possible in May
– E. W. Teale
Hello Sun City Grand Residents,
We are excited for Summer! Slowly, but surely, we are working on providing additional Resident event opportunities and Club activities. It is a pleasure to work with our Board of Directors and all Association Staff, we strive to provide the Grand Lifestyle – you are our priority. forthcoming, look for details in community eblasts.
Market at Grand The return of the Market at Grand was extremely successful. Thank you to everyone who came out in support of the event. We look forward to hosting this resident favorite event on a regular basis. Join us on Saturday, May 1st from 8am-11am. Come visit the Market at Grand in the Sonoran Plaza parking lot. Additional information is
Online Trivia
Our SCG Trivia Challenge is another resident favorite. Have you logged on for a game yet? If not, here is your chance. Trivia is offered online, monthly. Monday, May 3rd at 5:30pm, put your trivia skills to the test. Look for information and links to May’s event in an upcoming eblast. For all things Grand, visit www. suncitygrand.com. You can also find details on Reopening & Reservations, to stay up to date with all our community guidelines. Please help us in keeping our SCG friends and neighbors safe.
KINDRED TOURS
Kindred Tours is super excited to offer BUBBLE TOURS, to groups of no less than six, but no more than ten passengers, and you put your own group together. Choose a tour that we are currently offering or call the office with special requests. For more information, or to make a reservation, call Kindred Tours at 480-497-2478. Visit our website at www.kindredtours.com.
MAY 27TH | THURSDAY | $99 The Grand Canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Visited by millions of tourists annually, the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the most accessible and offers the deepest and widest views. We’ll arrive at the Grand Canyon in time for lunch on self, with several dining options to choose from—ranging from fine dining at the El Tovar, to the Maswik Food Court—you decide. After lunch we’ll explore spectacular views and other points of interest. This is a remarkable one-day tour, leaving a little earlier and arriving home a little later, but well worth it!
MAY 29TH | SATURDAY | $95 The spirit of the Old West comes alive every Memorial Day weekend, as Tombstone honors its most legendary lawman, Wyatt Earp. More than a century after his death, Tombstone’s annual Wyatt Earp Days celebration features three days of action-packed entertainment, including gunfights and reenactments in the streets, public hangings, dancing, saloon girls, live music, a chili cook-off, an 1880’s costume contest, and a whole lot more. This wild party on the blood-soaked streets of the “Town Too Tough To Die” should not be missed! Dust off your boots and come with us!
“SOUTHWEST ADVENTURE SERIES” SUNSET CRATER & WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENTS
JUNE 7TH | MONDAY | $99 Sunset Crater Volcano—created by a series of eruptions sometime between 1040 and 1100—offers dramatic geologic features nestled among trees, wildflowers, and wildlife. Explore an easy one-mile trail or enjoy the beauty of Sunset Crater from a picnic table with refreshments. Later we’ll travel the scenic loop to Wupatki—the largest pueblo in the region. 800 years ago, Wupatki flourished as a meeting place of different cultures, despite its setting in one of the warmest and driest places on the Colorado Plateau. We’ll stop in historic downtown Flagstaff for lunch on self, before visiting these two remarkable National Monuments. Call in your reservations and join us!
FREE SPIRIT VACATIONS
For more information or reservations please contact Free Spirit Vacations and Events at 480-926-5547 or reservations@freespiritvacations.com Please note: Due to decreased capacity restrictions, it is important to book early as space is limited.
UTAH MIGHTY 5 FROM PHOENIX
DEPARTS FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH $1,899 PP/DOUBLE | $2249 PP/SINGLE Join us for a 7 day adventure through Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion National Parks. These magnificent parks are known as the Utah Mighty 5. Each park will enable you to see unique geological formations all within the region of Southern Utah. It will be a week you won’t soon forget!
PIONEER LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM AND VULTURE CITY
MAY 13 | $115 PER PERSON Wander along paved pathways at Pioneer Living History Museum past the twenty historic 19th century buildings that form Pioneer Village. Explore the original homes of people who helped tame the Wild West. Continue to Wickenburg for lunch on your own, followed by a tour of Vulture City, an abandon settlement nestled into the breathtaking landscape of the Sonoran Desert, at one of the West’s top producing gold mines.
WILLIAMS AND BEARIZONA
MAY 25 | $115 PER PERSON Travel to the historic Route 66 town of Williams. Enjoy our wide variety of wildlife, from majestic bison and nimble big horn sheep to stealthy wolves and adorable bear cubs.
SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEY
JUNE 18-22 | $1075 PP/DOUBLE | $1350 PP/SINGLE Fly from Phoenix to Sacramento and discover Old Town. Then travel to Reno on Amtrak through Donner Pass, along the Truckee River. Visit Lake Tahoe, a pristine 22-mile-long lake and enjoy the MS Dixie cruise on the crystal-blue lake. Walk through time in Virginia City. Includes airfare.
PRESCOTT BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
JUNE 26 | $99 PER PERSON Travel to the mile high City of Prescott for the Annual Bluegrass Festival. Enjoy a music-filled day and stroll the historic downtown streets of Prescott for shopping, eating and old fashion saloons.
