Oak View, which offers views and four bedrooms, has been reduced to $175/night for the first two guests; each additional guest is $15/night.  Book online or by giving us a call: 800-450-6110.

2 Brooks, formerly known as the Patton Cabin, has joined the Quiet Creek team of Vacation Rentals.  2 Brooks is beautifully located on Tahquitz Drive at the confluence of two seasonal brooks before they feed in to Strawberry Creek, which is just across the street.  This location also affords an easy walk to the village either along South Circle or across the creek to Oakwood Street.  The cabin can accommodate a family of eight with a king suite, a queen loft with sofa bed and a double studio with private entrance but it’s  also cozy for a romantic getaway for a couple.

The owner of Twin Tree Lodge and Twin Tree Cottage on Strawberry Creek has authorized price reductions on both of these vacation rentals.  Twin Tree Cottage is now $125 per night and Twin Tree Lodge, optional spa, is  now $145/night. The Twin Tree property is located on Strawberry Creek across the creek from the heart of the lower village area (across from Strawberry Creek Square and the new exercise course at the Community Center).  Both cabins are vintage cabins and are good representations of “old Idyllwild”.

The temps have been in the 70s daytime (high 40s and low 50s night time), the creek is flowing (can be heard from the majority of the guest rooms), the roses are in blooom… life is good.

This photo was taken last year by Diane Noble, as she says, at the “birthplace” of her latest novel, Sister Wife.  We’ve had several authors start and/or finish books and screenplays at Quiet Creek Inn and in our vacation rental cabins.  There is a very positive and creative “energy” in Idyllwild.

Join us for an artists’ reception at Quiet Creek Living Room Gallery, Saturday, July 10, 4-7 pm, featuring award-winning plein air painter Erich Neubert and award-winning and internationally recognized ceramicist Leslie Thompson.  There will be refreshments and music.

We have reduced the minimum stay requirement for the upcoming 4th of July weekend from three nights to two nights.  Book online or call 800-450-6110.

Plein Air festival this weekend.  Artists painting all over Idyllwild on Saturday with the reception and awards Sunday morning at Quiet Creek Gallery.  Lists of painting locations will be available Saturday morning at the gazebo.

3-D art show Saturday and Sunday at all Idyllwild galleries during normal business hours.

www.artinidyllwild.com

We’ve got weather up here in Idyllwild!  Beautiful, giant snow flakes started falling mid-morning and are now alternating between sleet, hail and light rain with some wind thrown in for good measure.  Don’t get the sleds out yet.  I don’t expect it to stick.  Who’d have thought that this late in May we’d wake up to 32 degrees, have a roaring fire in the fireplace and try to remember where we put our winter coats and gloves.  The coats were easy… they are in the hall closet but I had packed the gloves, stocking caps, etc. away in a storage container for summer.

Mike just walked into the office and said, “where are my hats?!”

Timing is everything.