Weddings ·
Planning a small wedding on the Mogollon Rim
What it takes to host 30 people for a weekend at 7,500 feet. Where the ceremony goes, where everyone sleeps, and what the weather does to your plan.
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What to know before you plan
Practical guides for a stay at 7,500 feet. How does a wedding, a hunt, an offsite, or a reunion work here? When do you come for the stars, and how do you drive up in snow?
Hunting ·
Elk hunting near Happy Jack: units, seasons, and where to stay
The lodge sits in elk country on the Mogollon Rim. What surrounds it, when the seasons run, and why one lodge beats motel rooms in Flagstaff.
Corporate ·
A corporate offsite that people don't dread
A two-day agenda for a team of 16. The theater is the meeting room, the deck takes the meals, and the field takes the part where nobody looks at a screen.
Reunions ·
How to plan a family reunion for twenty people
Sleeping math, meals, and the thing most reunions get wrong. They do not plan for the hours between the planned things.
The area ·
Stargazing on the Rim: when to come and what you'll see
At 7,500 feet, with no light pollution, you see the Milky Way with bare eyes on a clear night near a new moon. How to plan a stay around it.
Getting here ·
Driving to Happy Jack in winter
Lake Mary Road in February is not Lake Mary Road in July. What to drive, what to carry, and when to turn back.