We woke this morning to the most beautiful singing of birds in the tree right behind our camper. These birds look a little like starlings, but they are jet black, real thin but big, with long tail feathers. We'll have to find out what they are because we've seen them everywhere starting around where we picked up I-5 in California.
The campground staff at this KOA in Blythe cooks a free pancake breakfast every morning so we took part in that, then got showers in the very clean facilities, packed up the camper and took off about noon.
The drive to Scottsdale took all of about two and a half hours. I was thinking it was a little further when we made our campground reservations, but after two five-hour days in the car, it was nice to leave at noon and still get in early enough to explore a little bit. 
The hotel we are in is on El Dorado Park, a skinny little park that runs about two miles north and south of where we are at the 3 Palms Oasis Resort, with bike/pedestrian paths, multiple lakes, and a frisbee golf course. You can't believe how many teams of frisbee players were out there this evening. Looks like a good spot to be with a dog that likes his walks.... Tomorrow we will check that out a little more thoroughly, as well as scope out the ballpark, parking, etc. Once we got checked in and had carted all of our necessities in from the camper, we went and sat outside by the pool.
Even overcast, it was wonderful out there and just what we needed after a couple of long days on the road. We got our books out, did a little catch up on this blog, and ordered a couple drinks from the bar. Pepé seems to like hanging here too so this is the plan for the rest of the afternoon. The place is loaded with baseball fans and a few March Madness nuts too. Everyone has their team's sports jerseys or hats on, and not a single soul is speaking anything but sports. Quite an amazing microcosm.... We wonder if all of Scottsdale is like this or if we just happened to hit The Spring Training Hotel....
After having a fantastic dinner at Avalon, the restaurant here at the hotel, we are about to turn in for the night.
Art had a rib eye steak (cooked perfectly medium rare) with scalloped potatoes somehow infused with apples. It was outrageous. I had duck (also cooked perfectly medium rare) with a mushroom risotto that was to die for.... We might go back tomorrow night, but the menu was a bit limited and the price tag was $$$. Still, we highly recommend it to anyone passing through here.
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