Category: December 2019

PC Hikers wander through a Joshua Tree Forest

Enjoying the hike here (left to right): Cheryl, George, Pete, Dave, Clare, Marilyn, Tina, Wayne, Dennis, and Lynn (photographer).

Pete Williams On a bright clear Oct. 9 day, ten hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club wandered through a Joshua Tree Forest just north of Wickenburg. Our destination was a single Saguaro living among the Joshua trees. What’s fascinating is that Joshua trees live is the Mohave Desert while Saguaros live in the Sonoran Desert.…

Unit Happenings

Unit 8 celebrating in style Alisa Moore The ladies of unit 8 gather monthly to share camaraderie, good food, and fun at local restaurants and, occasionally, at someone’s lovely home. Jane Holdcroft, who spearheads our unit meetings, hosted 28 of us for a great potluck lunch in the wonderful October sunshine. On November 13, we…

Expressions Gallery and Gift Shop – holiday festival

Photo by Cheryl Neel

Sherry Blatner Mark your calendar for the annual PebbleCreek Holiday Craft Festival on Dec. 7. The holiday countdown this year is Sunday, Dec. 22 for Hanukkah; Tuesday, Dec. 24 for Christmas Eve; and Thursday, Dec. 26 for Kwanzaa. Then we celebrate New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Regardless of the holiday you are shopping for, we…

Date Night Mixed Doubles Tennis

Ted and Pat Ingalls welcome new residents Catherine and Thomas Lopez.

Norma Whitley On a beautiful afternoon at the PebbleCreek tennis courts, Tennis Club members Jill and Jerry Santy ran the first Date Night Mixed Doubles event for the autumn season on Oct. 27. New tennis club members Catherine and Thomas Lopez and Rich Mariotti were welcomed to the group for a fun afternoon of tennis…

Tennis skills and drills

Dave Bee, Debbie Welsh, and John Flynn

Norma Whitley The PebbleCreek Tennis Club offers free skills and drills to club members. The instructors are residents that volunteer their time to instruct Tennis Club members wishing to improve their tennis game and play the best sport for a longer life. There are many resident tennis groups at varying levels for all to enjoy,…

Tennis Player of the Month – Joan Patchin

Dennis Whitley If you have played tennis with Joan or have seen her play, you would think that she’s been playing the game for a while. You would be wrong. Outside of one or two singles games a year with her husband, Joan really didn’t start playing tennis till she arrived at PebbleCreek in 2016,…

Save the date: January 24

Lynn Seidel For the first time ever, The Friends of Qhalage present the popular local band, Qhalage, who will perform at PebbleCreek. You don’t want to miss this three-hour experience. The band plays Motown, R&B, to Chris Stapleton and everything in between…with a few surprises thrown in. Come and dance or just listen and sing…