A Second Childhood in an Active Adult Community

Can't believe you are a senior? I can't believe I am either! My mind and heart still feel like I'm in my 20's. Well... maybe my 30's. That is the same story I hear everyday from the nearly 9,000 residents of wonderful Sun City Palm Desert (SCPD). We all came here for various reasons; sun, golf, tennis, single story homes, gated community, lots of swimming pools, over 75 clubs of various interests, the many casinos, restaurants and fabulous shopping in the Palm Springs area, and yet close enough to Los Angeles for a day trip. Once here, we all found out the same thing; that we found paradise!

One would have to work really hard not to make a lot of friends or to find the perfect club to match their interests. There is a club for everyone and everything, and perhaps two or three. Besides the two championship golf courses SCPD offers a 18 hole putting course that meanders around a lovely lake, a softball league, a yacht club (electronically controlled), cyclists, tennis (10 courts), bocce, bowling league, gourmet club, wine club, acting club (and lots of plays), gardeners club, card clubs, mah jongg club, hiking club, pet lovers, RV club and many other crafts clubs such as wood workers, stained glass, paper arts, oil and water color, model railroad club, quilting and sewing clubs.

In addition to the arts and crafts and physical activity clubs there are heritage clubs, solos club (for singles), rainbow club, forum club (thought provoking speakers), outside entertainers who bring us joy a couple times a week, karaoke, 3 restaurants, 2 state-of-the-art fitness centers, a terrific lending library and on-site post office. Let's not forget about the fishing pond that is stocked for catch and release. Does it get any better than this?

The best part of all are the people we get to meet. Many come from around the world and bring wonderful diversity to our community. Most have marvelous talents to share such as retired actors, writers, musicians, songwriters, etc. A large number of our residents still work either full or part time and some have developed different career paths and are doing something they love.

Sun City is not for everyone (I actually know one couple who moved away because it was too busy). However, if you want to do all the things that you couldn't, or didn't do during your working years, then this is the place for you. If all you want to do is drive around in your golf cart and drink-in the beauty, then this is the place for you. If all you want to do is walk, jog or bicycle the trails and behold the mountain, lakes and golf course views, then this is the place for you. If all you want to do is make more friends than you have had in your entire lifetime, then this is the place for you.