When you don’t have anywhere to be, it’s the perfect time to just stop and be. And we decided to be in Kenab, UT for a few days. During that time we called Quail Park Lodge our home. It’s a classic motor lodge, along Highway 89, that has recently seen some tender loving care. Colorful outdoor rocking chairs, vintage-looking light fixtures, and decor as cute and trendy as an Ikea showroom has replaced fake wood paneling and stodgy furnishings.
The lodge’s neon sign beckoned us off the highway, but its $50 a night rate and open-door policy toward dogs made it a keeper.
Just outside our room was a small patio where Scott cooked us a campground-style lunch and got in some twilight reading.
And as if we didn’t love the place enough, the on-site managers, Jim and Sherri, brought us a bottle of sparkling wine, a pair of plastic flute glasses and battery-powered candles in honor of our honeymoon.
—Jill