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Vista Del Sol
Featured VDS Neighbors for January 2023… By: Susie Martin
I did not realize when I asked these two couples if they would be interested in being the Featured neighbors that they had so much in common. So please meet the “Jim’s and their sole mate sweethearts”…………..
Jim and Karen Dechant
The Dechant’s live at 3314 Santana Loop (right in the middle of all the new home builds).
Their wedding anniversary is July 23 and they were married in the year 1966, which means they will be married 57 years this July. Congrats to you both!
Jim and Karen are both from Westminster, Colorado and they both attended the North High School in Denver, Colorado. Jim says they were “high school sweethearts”. Karen said she was the one that asked him out, not the other way around. These high school sweethearts have two daughters whom both are school teachers, these two daughters gave Karen and Jim 5 grandsons who love coming to the desert in the winter for a visit.
Jim and Karen started spending winters here at Vista Del Sol 6 years ago and decided they liked it so much that they purchased their full time residence in 2020.
Prior to coming to Vista Del Sol, Jim and Karen built a 1936 Ford truck into a real nice hot rod. They traveled the country for 16 years showing their truck at lots of car shows and won many awards. They made lots of great memories while showing their hot rod and they said they had lots of fun doing it. Karen has a couple of scrap books of their life with “The Sweet 36” that they would proudly show anyone. Jim and Karen sold their hot rod in 2016, but Jim said recently his grand- son was going thru a magazine that lists antique cars for sale and said there was their Hot Rod for sale. So he said “The Sweet 36 is still out there!”
Karen said she enjoys the wire wrapping classes in the craft room and you will most likely find Jim in the fitness room or on the pickleball courts.
So glad you two high school sweethearts decided to settle here at VDS.
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