It is the middle of July--so it must be scrap booking retreat time! Every summer Cathy, my super fantastic scrap booking consultant goes out of her way to find just the right place to invite all of us die-hard scrappers to for a three day weekend getaway. We have gone up to Big Bear in the past and had a great time, but this year she found us a wonderful new Bed & Breakfast called, The Roughley Manor.
This gem is located up in the high desert of 29 Palms, about 50 minutes from Palm Springs and 15 minutes from Joshua Tree National Park. Unlike the stucco and shingle roofed homes in the area, this was a home plucked right out of the east coast--stone covered, wood floors, and lovely detailed woodwork all over--isn't it just beautiful?
During dinner the first night, the owners served us a fabulous meal, and then told us a fascinating story of how the inn came to be. It is too long to post here but if you ever have a chance to google the Crozer family from Pennsylvania (they were prominent and wealthy benefactors) and their daughter left it all to be with her true love, a soldier, to make a life in the desert of California, you will find it a very good read. Every stone on the house was hand picked from the surrounding land--and all the detail work is original. It is up there where old Hollywood stars used to have their vacation homes. Truly interesting!
This gem is located up in the high desert of 29 Palms, about 50 minutes from Palm Springs and 15 minutes from Joshua Tree National Park. Unlike the stucco and shingle roofed homes in the area, this was a home plucked right out of the east coast--stone covered, wood floors, and lovely detailed woodwork all over--isn't it just beautiful?
During dinner the first night, the owners served us a fabulous meal, and then told us a fascinating story of how the inn came to be. It is too long to post here but if you ever have a chance to google the Crozer family from Pennsylvania (they were prominent and wealthy benefactors) and their daughter left it all to be with her true love, a soldier, to make a life in the desert of California, you will find it a very good read. Every stone on the house was hand picked from the surrounding land--and all the detail work is original. It is up there where old Hollywood stars used to have their vacation homes. Truly interesting!
Anyway, if you are looking for fabulous food, a bed so comfy I wish I had found a way to bring it home with me, and hosts that were friendly, inviting, and available, you must check out The Roughly Manor! (Karen and Elizabeth--we missed you!) Oh yes--and I scrapped 34 pages in my book too! Yippee!
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How funny that I drove right past the signs for 29 Palms on our way to the river that same weekend! I need to get a laptop so I can take my digital scrapping with me on those retreats in the future!
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