I have little experience with Bed & Breakfast
abodes. I want to say that from the
onset. I do however know when I am being
pampered - and pampered I like. Back 4
months ago I retired from a job that had me working 60 to 80 hours a week for
the last 37 years.
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We arrived on a typical Tuesday afternoon, driving in from Baytown, Texas, fighting
the Houston
traffic and all wired up. In fact, I was
still internally wired up from all those years of working overtime on a
chemical plant.
This is the perfect place to take
your Bride and baby her and this readily apparent from the moment we
arrived. There are three quaint cabins
and each are situated in such a manner as to give the occupants privacy and the
feeling they are alone in a most peaceful setting. My beautiful Bride of 37 years and I wasted no time
after arriving in the afternoon, to hike the trails on the property,
discovering all the unique bird watching stations and places of prayer. We needed to get the blood flowing after all
that driving.
It is very obvious that a
tremendous amount of effort has gone into making this bed and breakfast a sanctuary
for weary souls. They even have a place
in the woods where you can throw old china against a backstop to relieve
stress. We relieve stress by hiking.
Our cabin was the Hummingbird
Hideaway and of course, I ordered the Romance package! The interior of the cabin is beautifully and
efficiently laid out with every possible amenity and although we used it
sparingly, as we are geocachers – spending every waking moment hiking in Pedernales Falls State Park,
or scouring the countryside for geocaches, it was comfy and very much welcomed
at the end of the day.
In fact, when you stay there, you
will fall in love with the cabin and dream of owning one like it.
Breakfast is delivered each
morning by the hostess in a large basket and placed on the front porch and even
I can see that the presentation is top shelf.
In fact, I can’t say I’ve eaten a more delicious breakfast in a long
time. Each morning we relaxed on the
front porch, drinking coffee, and watching the deer browse around in the lower
meadow. Each evening I sat by the large
campfire and read my email on my laptop.
Let me say something about the
owners. They are non-intrusive, but
available at the drop of a hat. Unlike
many places you could stay, they really want you to unwind and recover,
especially if you have experienced grief in your life.
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The host and hostess and my wife
and I share the losses of our sons due to the Iraq/Afghanistan war and when I
arrived, I brought them a copy of the portrait of their son, painted by famed
Baytown artist, Ken “the Dauber” Pridgeon.
The original hangs in his the portrait of a warrior art gallery in Baytown, Texas. http://www.portraitofawarrior.org/
The 3 days flew by so fast, it
was as if we took a micro vacation, but with magnum results. My fast-pace life could use a dose of this
place once a month and then maybe, just maybe, I could slow down a bit. I rate this wonderful experience excellent on
every level.
Songbird Meadows Bed & Breakfast is located 1022 Stanton
Ranch Loop, P.O. Box
1532
Johnson City,
TX, 78636,
United States GPS coordinates: N30 14.001 W098 22.193
info@songbirdmeadowsbb.net 830.868.2468 http://www.songbirdmeadowsbb.net/
