Arizona Trip - Day 18

We visited the Mesa Market Place late this morning, walked around for awhile and bought a few things.

The Market Place is a vast outdoor market in four large (long) buildings.  There are over 1600 vendors on the 55 acre property and virtually of them have permanent stalls they leave set-up when the Market Place is not open on weekdays and maybe in the Summer.  The place is filled with cheap souvenirs, low-end Southwestern decorative things (e.g. metal wall hangings, pottery, Indian trinkets, Mexican lawn art, etc.) There were also lots of other things typically seen at large outdoor markets such as tools, clothing, food processors, artificial plants, health and beauty aids, etc.  Oh, and there were also a lot of old people moving slowly and getting in the way.  The place had many people shopping and looking around - most appeared to be in the  55+ age range with most much older.  Lunch was at the food court.  The food was mediocre, but cheap, a large glass of beer was only $3.00 (Miller Lite).  There was also live entertainment - a guy in a cowboy hat playing Lawrence Welk type music on an electric keyboard.  We almost made it through two of the four buildings before everything started to look alike and we decided we had seen enough. 

We came back to the RV and began the process of getting ready to leave in the morning.  The weather looks good for the trip to Indio, CA (near Palm Springs), an overnight stop.  We will then drive to Northridge, CA for three nights, a visit with friends and a visit to the Getty Museum in Santa Monica.  We will be home by mid-day Thursday.

Day 18 Pictures