AZ - Two things down... Flights and Accommodation

This morning I logged into the laptop and had another look on RCI. Still the same as last night. 

The mobile site is still clunkier to use than the desktop version, the date range is not very easy to use, but in the end neither of them showed any availability. It's hard to believe that there are 58000 resorts in the world and none are free at all.

So I logged into the webchat and "spoke" to someone. Explained the problem. Ten minutes later my account was sorted and the exchange symbol came up on the website. After a bit of searching and reading reviews we have opted for the Sheraton Desert Oasis in Scottsdale AZ. It scored highly on Tripadvisor as well as RCI themselves. I had toyed with Vegas for that neon fix.... But the resorts there are twice as much as we have to spend in credits. 

I have 28 to spend this year and Sheraton is 14. So might have a look elsewhere to use the rest.

The flight will drop us into Phoenix at about 1700 on the Thursday. This year we had two nights before the timeshare and five afterwards, but the Desert Oasis has Friday to Sunday changeovers and to give us time to go to the north of the state, we opted for a Friday start. So only one night in the hotel is required once we arrive exhausted after the ten hour flight to Phoenix from London.

Now the planning can start on what to do to fill the days. The point of going to Arizona is to see the Grand Canyon and the other parks. Tombstone and the OK Corral?

I have always wanted to see the red mountains where the western cowboys ride in the movies!

So that's flights sorted, accommodation sorted or at least part of it....