Max booked a fantastic room at Hacienda Corona de Guevavi B&B (Spoiler: the first picture on the home page was our room! It was enormous!) but didn't plan anything before check in which was at 4 so we had some time to kill. He gave me several options including a guided cave tour, the biosphere, or a national park. But we finally decided to walk around and enjoy the town of Bisbee.
We left the house around 8:30 and dropped Jack off with my in-laws. Of course I packed a giant bag, wrote out a schedule, and other crazy first time mom things but I was going to miss him so much! They were very nice about it and scooped him up and shoved us out the door. It was a 3 hr. drive down to Bisbee so we needed to get started early.
We got there right around lunch time so first things first we ate a delicious meal at an old historic hotel; it was so cool. The rest of the day we spent walking around, antiquing, eating, drinking coffee and holding hands :). I was all so adorable.
We found this old antique toy store and of course I had to check it out. They had the oldest walker I had ever seen and some fun wooden toys. I really wanted to get Jack one of those old wooden boats but Max thought it was goofy so we didn't. When he's a little older I totally plan on coming back and letting him pick something out if he wants.
We got some hand made dog treats, Bisbee Coffee, and a jar of the best desert honey ever!! I also got a super cute glass bracelet from a local lady in this open air alley-way market. Her jewelery was gorgeous. She made it all by hand. She would spin thin lines of glass around and around to make a whole bead then press it down and magically those thin lines would make a pretty desert scene. She was amazing!
I highly recommend Bisbee to everyone it was amazing and the people are super nice.
The B&B was about an 1.5 hrs. from Bisbee which was kinda of annoying but the drive was so beautiful that it made it worth it. We drove between two mountains and even got peeks at snow. There were so many saguaro's and amazing views.
We got to the B&B just after check in and because of some kind of miracle we were there all alone. We got the whole place to ourselves. Our host was truly amazing. She was beyond nice and made us feel like family. The night started off with free wine and appetizers and we got to hear so many stories about the place in the "good ol' days". Little did we know that the "John Wayne" room isn't just named that because of all the cowboy memorabilia but because he actually met the old owners when he was filming Red River. He became such good friends with them that he threw parties and hung out there a lot. It's also known for the beautiful murals on it's walls in the courtyard. They were well preserved and apparently people come from all over to see them. We didn't even know so it was an extra nice surprise for us.
Not only was the B&B gorgeous the property it sat on was as well. It had acres after acres of land. Horses, cows, chickens, and amazing views in every direction.
Sitting around talking felt so comfortable and relaxing that I almost felt bad for asking about dinner and heading off on our own.
But of course she suggested a fantastic place for dinner and the way she sold it we knew we couldn't pass it up, and we were starving anyway :). It turned out to be the best Mexican food I have ever had. The atmosphere was amazing and the food was even better. I would drive all the way down there just for that.
We spent the rest of the night enjoying every second of our little getaway for two. The next morning we had a super tasty breakfast. It was like a combination between a dutch baby and a crepe with fruit baked into it. We had to get back up to Jack so we left right after breakfast, but both of us were dragging our feet. I missed Jack so much but was so glad to spend some time just being husband and wife and not mom and dad. Max truly won this Christmas.
Hope you loved all your Christmas presents as much as I did!
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