We booked our stay late February, knowing that the temperatures may be a bit cooler, but we arrived in the middle of the snowstorm of the century! No fault of the owners, but it made for an interesting experience! The 16-18" of snow made for a magical visual throughout the area. The roads were cleared - mostly - but we were thankful we rented a 4-wheel drive vehicle.
The owners reached out to us prior to arrival that day to discuss alternatives due to concern of the road conditions. After some discussion, we decided to make the trek from the Phoenix airport to the house. Our GPS had us routed the back way in. Luckily, we paused before crossing a flooded creek and called Happy for guidance. She talked us through a re-route and we arrived safely to the house.
The house is very clean, spacious, and airy. The exposed granite walls are very cool - a nice touch. We were comfortable throughout our stay. The snow made for some unique challenges for the owners - they shoveled a small path from the parking spot to the house, but never cleared space around the car so we had to walk in deep snow every time we got in & out of the car, and the drive was never shoveled. We prefer to find extra towels available for use - not just two, requiring laundering each day for fresh towels. Also, we have stayed at many rentals and understand the need to place notices for renters on how the owners want things done, but there seemed to be a few extras notices posted that increased our stress level for fear of violating a rule - no shoes, short showers, etc.. But even with that, we enjoyed our stay.
We had a chance to visit briefly with Happy and she is a very pleasant person to share stories. We bought one of her books on Blissful Communications (some of the posted notices may find a benefit of resting with some Blissful Communications). Although the snow was beautiful to look at, and being form Wisconsin not an issue for us to drive in, we wish we had an opportunity to experience the grounds fully without the snow, and would consider coming back another time of the year to do just that.
The neighbor is gorgeous.
We found th elocation great for visits to the Grand Canyon, Sedona (in the snow) and to Phoenix.