Lance Motta-Vilensky Life after death is a basic tenet of Christianity: spending eternity in a place called paradise. Spanish colonists wanted to share their vision of paradise with the native peoples of New Spain. So it was that in the year 1691, Jesuits established a mission in the land of the O’odham (or Pima) near…
Features, December 2015
Day tripping from PebbleCreek – finding paradise
Clubs & Classes, December 2015
Hello, Dolly, to our Shalom Club
Brenda Hyman Dateline—October 11, 2:00 p.m. PebbleCreek’s Shalom Club is on the dock at Canyon Lakes waiting for the Dolly Steamboat ride to shove off the pier. 45 plus members went a-boating on this beautiful Sunday afternoon. We saw a bald eagle (a very rare sight) as well as a big horn sheep. Beautiful photos,…
Clubs & Classes, December 2015
Home at last
Jim East Now that the snowbirds are flocking back to the Valley of the Sun, we can share the trip report from the RV Club that took six rigs on a more intimate itinerary than usual. Departing on May 17, the crew utilized the discounts from Passport America and camped just outside of Wilcox, Arizona,…
Clubs & Classes, December 2015
PebbleCreekers take a road trip
Carolyn Rota On October 19 a group of 50 of our friends and neighbors became the PebbleCreek RoadTrippers. We went by bus to the Viejas Casino/Resort in Alpine, California for four days of fun and adventure; and what a trip it was. Besides the beautiful hotel, the chocolates on our pillows, nightly turn-down service and…
Clubs & Classes, December 2015
Pinochle Club
Joan Wallon The winners for October are as follows: 10/1: 1st place winner Illene Hodgdon had a score of 6910; 2nd place Marion Helton had a score of 6760; 3rd place Stan Zdunczyk had a score of 6590 and the Booby went to Mary Ann Chamberlin with a score of 2840. 10/8: 1st place winner…