The Good Life RV Park

We spent 3.5 months at The Good Life RV Park in Mesa, AZ.  For those that don't know, most parks in AZ are 55+ communities.  They can get around this law by making sure there is a 90% (I think) occupation rate of 55+ but then the other 10% can be under age.  These parks are all over AZ but there is a concentrated number in the Mesa area.
Since these parks cater to the retired community, there is a lot to do. If you want to remain active, they have a myriad of activities for you!  They have an intra-park softball league (which Gary got kicked off of since he's too young), a billiards club, a bicycling club, shuffleboard, pickle ball, water volleyball, dance classes, fitness classes and a fitness center. They have 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, a bar and grill within the pool area and 3 nights a week they have patio parties where bands or dj's come in to play music.   If you like to slow down a bit, there is a woodworking room and club, a sewing room and club, a computer lab, a library, a weekly bingo game, every kind of card game you can imagine, a putting green and countless other clubs too various to mention.  For you animal lovers, they have a doggy park with an agility course!  So cute and fun!  :)  To keep track of everything, the park provides you with a monthly newsletter and you can go to the office for a weekly schedule and a list of all the activities going on by the day.
The residents in the park are SO friendly and welcoming!  We had good friends within the week we landed.  Starting in January, most streets or blocks have a party for all their neighbors.  What I really liked about the park was that most of the jobs in the park are occupied by the residents of the park. We lived right next to one of the guard houses at the entrance/exit of the park so we got to know all of the guards and loved them all.  :)
As with everything, there is a bad side.  These things may not matter to everyone but they did affect us.  The park lists wi-fi as one of their amenities.  The wi-fi is there but the band width is pretty much able to accommodate one person.  Therefore, you need to get our own.  We used a jet pack if we really needed to do something right of way but most of the time we went to the computer lab with our laptops and a router.  This meant no streaming of Netflix and such, no playing your games on your phone ;) and just generally, no internet surfing.  ;(    From what I understand, the park itself is medium size but the lots are on the smaller side.  Now, we did not find this to be difficult for us but we did run into some that complained.  We were on the very end of a street so therefore our 43' rig was housed comfortably and we were able to set out our dining table, our 2 tv watching chairs and our hammock without feeling claustrophobic.  As with everywhere, you have your share of questionable people.  We had an incident with three of the park's permanent residents.  The park management handled it pretty well but talking with many other permanent residents, these people have caused so much trouble over so many years that the majority wants them kicked out but the park refuses to do so.
Now the ugly, there really isn't much.  Only one incident but it is significant enough to mention.  We extended our stay by a month.  Unbeknownst to us (and maybe we should have asked) but the front office that takes care of bookings does not communicate with the mail office.  Our mail was held or rerouted (we're still not sure) and we did not get mail for 10 days because the mail office was not aware we were still in the park (even though we never turned in our post office box key).  This happened 3 times in those 10 days. We went in and talked to the mail office staff twice and were assured the problem was taken care of.  The third time it happened Gary and then I went in and complained vehemently.  Gary then went to the front office to complain and was told the manager would be contacting him.  After 2 days Gary was not contacted and went in again to talk to the manager.  It was a very disappointing meeting because the manager refused to take any blame and in fact put all of the blame on the USPS even though he was presented with irrefutable evidence that his mail room was to blame.  Moral of the story- make sure you either don't extend your stay or buy the mail room staff something to remember you by (like cookies or candy)  and let them know you have extended your stay and will be expecting your mail.  ;)
All in all, we love The Good Life though.  We are going back in March so we can watch a lot of the spring training MLB games and to see our new friends.  I would give The Good Life a 4 out 5.  They would get a 5 if they had decent wi-fi and a staff that took accountability.