Happy New Year 2009!


Busy, busy and already it's a New Year! Hopefully it will be one of peace & prosperity for all! We all joined into the festivities at the Lodge at Thousand Trails in Verde Valley and had a fun, fun time. They really know how to put on a show! They began by serving appetizers at 5pm... then dinner. This was sit down dinner with white table cloths.. very, very nice and lots and lots of party favors! We had a great time and after supper the band started up. They were a 3 piece band that have performed many times for this park. A lot of dancing and have to say, one one person left early.... closed out the old year with New York and when the ball dropped we all called it a night... a little early but what the heck... the lodge was trashed or appeared to be but the crew jumped up and attacked it and you'd never know the next morning anything had ever happened. Have to say they put on an excellent dinner of stuffed cornish game hens with rice and shrimp and served more food than anyone could consume at once. Very, very nice and not too pricey either... So glad we were there! The next morning was brunch and WOW - again they did an excellent job! Our hats off to the kitchen crew at Verde! They really know how to treat you right!

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