in the desert
Story and photographs by Dan Leeth
Your luxury robes await.
Take a dip in the pool to cool off at the Four Seasons Scottsdale at Troon North, Scottsdale, Ariz.
activities, we’ll spend less on a long weekend stay here than we did on our honeymoon three decades prior. “The rumors you’ve heard about Arizona summers are false,” I assure
her. “Cows don’t squirt evaporated milk, birds don’t need potholders to pull worms from the ground, and farmers don’t feed chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs. You’ll be just fi ne.”
‘We’ve upgraded your room’
Our nonstop from Denver lands Friday afternoon. Never leaving air-con- ditioned comfort, we retrieve luggage and get the keys to our rental car. “Would you like some water?” the attendant offers, handing us two
chilled bottles. “It’s important to stay hydrated in the dry heat.” On the 45-minute drive to the resort, we pass a digital display that says
it’s 105 degrees outside. I catch Dianne scowling. She’s already downed the fi rst bottle. The Four Seasons is located at the base of Pinnacle Peak, a two-eared granitic crag on the outskirts of town. It sits 1,400 feet higher than down-
From June through August, rooms at the Four Seasons and other desert resorts go for about one-third their primetime rates.
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