ARIZONA

We flew into Scottsdale, on America West Airlines, does that airline even exist anymore?  Anyways, we stayed at the Four Seasons Troons Resort for a week.   The purpose of our trip was to play golf.   And, yes, I play golf, I took private lessons, I am extremely competitive and went on many golf vacations, by bag is dangling tons of tags.

This resort was one of the most beautiful resorts ever and thinly one I’ve visited so far.  The resort itself was a magical Arizona dessert beauty, the room simple yet, very beautiful and elegant.  Every night we sat outside the restaurant to watch the most beautiful sunset you can imagine, while they played live music, the day transitioned into a colorful night full of vibrant orange hues, then darkness came, accompanied by the dimmed outdoor lights, surrounded by cactus, warm nights that transitioned to cool nights, so dark you can barely see ahead, thus you know the terrain is there.  But even more beautiful was looking up to the sky and seeing all the star lights, millions of stars so clear, you feel close to them.   Something very magical about Arizona.

We booked the best golf courses the resort offered and boy did we enjoy our golf hours, until one day, we felt these spikes shooting at us and till this day, I am still traumatized from the jumping cactus. Yes, cactus attacked up daily.  The first time was surreal, we were in so much pain, had no idea what was going on, we called the clubhouse, who sent for us and then, only then, did they tell us that passing by certain cactus, they sense our electrify and shoot  then split inside you.  We screamed, we cried, we burned, we felt close to near death, the feeling was both shocking, traumatizing and painful.  The first experience kept us from golf for a day, while we soaked our legs in warm milk, the only remedy they had.  

The rest of our gold trips were painful to cactus spikes shooting at us, something we argued with the resort.  They should have told us about that, and we would have been more cautious.  We had paid for our stay in full and all the resort did was apologize.  7 months after that trip, we were still pulling cactus spikes out.  

Other than that, the food in Arizona was super delicious, it was the first time we tried chipotle sauce and I got high as a kite from it.  When I asked the waiter if my dish had drugs or alcohol in it, they told us no, but the chipotle was strong and gave me a reaction. 

Driving to the resort, we were able to see all the native Arizonan beauty, the mountains hosting the most beautiful dessert brown stucco homes, with blue water pools everywhere.  Something out of a magical book.  I was impressed at how uniformed the homes were, how brownish reddish the area was and most importantly, how clean it was.   

We ate mostly outdid the resort, we wanted to try Arizona’s local cuisines, which is full of American Mexican exotic flavors.  Arizona, is an amazing place for both couples and families.  A resort I highly recommend.