a little R&R...

Vern and I escaped.

We escaped the heat of the Valley and all business for three days to head to the White Mountains of Arizona.  When I say all business, that's totally true...not even my laptop!

We stayed at a B&B which was located on a 300 acre ranch just outside of Greer.  We weren't sure just what to expect because it was our first time staying there and there weren't a lot of pix on the website.

Turns out that the house is OK...an older style, not really very chic, but immaculately clean.  The views...to die for.  This is the view from our room which was called the "penthouse suite" by some friends of our host and hostess. 

The food...wow, out of this world...awesome breakfasts both mornings with so much food that I asked our hostess if someone else was coming.  Harold and Ruth are the ultimate caretakers...they greeted us with a homemade apple pie and some iced lemonade and when they found out we were celebrating our anniversary, they added candles and chocolates to our room while we were at dinner.  So sweet.

This was the perfect place to relax.

It was quiet, except for the thunder during the monsoon storm and the rain beating on the metal roof.  And, oh yeah, the coyotes singing in the early morning.

It was cool...way cooler than Phoenix.

They had horses on the property...Vern was in heaven.

There were hiking trails...we did a minimal amount of that...too much would be like work! :))  The elevation was really high and it takes a couple of days to acclimate and be able to really exercise without totally losing your breath.

I got caught up on reading my magazines and actually read a novel without guilt.  Can't do that at home...way too much to do and the guilts hit me big time.

The national forest is only about a mile away and there are some amazing hiking, biking and horseback riding trails.

This is one of the trailheads...awesome.

We were also referred to a great little cafe that had fabulous dinner specials...it's called Java Blues and it's so funky that you'd think it was in the middle of Mill Avenue in Tempe.

We loved it!  They make yummy lattes, too!

It was a great escape.

I think we need to do it more often!

Comments

[Jeanette]

You have captured some awesome photos. It looks like an ideal weekend. I definitely could use a weekend like that!

[Tena]

Sure looks beautiful! I was up in Payson for the day on Saturday and it was super nice to be out of Mesa in just a a little bit cooler weather even if it was only for 12 hours! I gotta check out Greer everyone tells me it is fabulous. Tena

[Michelle Gauthier]

Gorgeous place! Sounds a bit like heaven to me. Glad you enjoyed your time away. :)

[Judy in Carefree]

What fun! Our daughter and son-in-law have a home in Torreon in Show Low and we headed over to Greer for the day when we were last there...so beautiful! We've also stayed at the Red Setter Inn and had a wonderful lunch at Greer Lodge. Such a wonderful escape from this awful HEAT! Also, happy anniversary! Will miss the chat on BP tomorrow night because I'm baby sitting...see you the 31st.