Visiting Pinetop, Arizona
Pinetop, Arizona, is a great town up in the mountains in eastern Arizona and it’s just beautiful there!
Earlier this summer, we set out on some great adventures across the southwest and up into Utah and Idaho. James wrote about some of it a while back, but I wanted to elaborate on those stops. For this post, we’ll focus on Pinetop.
Pinetop, Arizona, is a great town up in the mountains in eastern Arizona, and it’s just beautiful there! We stayed at The Roundhouse Resort in a 1-bedroom unit in June 2022 (using points through our Diamond ownership) and enjoyed all the space. The unit was huge, giving us plenty of space to chill and enjoy our time there.
The amenities were the main charm of this place, though. They had the best mini-golf course I’ve ever seen at a resort, and we had a blast playing a few games out there.
They also have a large recreational building with an indoor pool and a hot tub (which we didn’t use) and a nice game room. We enjoyed the game room, playing pool and ping-pong several times. We got a lot of laughs out of that, considering how bad we are at both sometimes. 😂
They also had nice picnic areas and seating areas outside - one being a big swing that was fun to sit on. We also had a nice, big deck with a table, chairs, and a porch swing. We did enjoy the porch swing, but the table and chairs didn’t get used because the pollen was SO bad at the time we were there that it was completely yellow - even after being wiped off!
We didn’t just hang out on the property, though. We went out exploring the area and did some hikes, and loved the beautiful scenery. Our favorite hike was Country Club Trail #632, and we added a mountain climb as well. The mountain climb definitely made it tougher, but it was fun, and we enjoyed the views and the exercise.
Funny story, though - one that wasn’t so funny at the time - the day before we went on this hike, I slipped in the shower on their VERY slippery tub and didn’t just fall but did an EPIC fall/roll and hurt almost every surface of my body as I went down. I screamed so loud that I scared James to death and he came running and had to help me. We joked later that the neighbors probably thought someone was being murdered in our room. 🤦♀️
As a result of the fall, I had bruises all over, but I bruised my thigh so badly that the whole side of it was purple and scary-looking. In fact, as I’m writing this 6 months later, you can still see a faint bruise on that leg that has never completely healed. Needless to say, I was in a bit of pain after that.
Back to the original story.
We had planned this hike, and I wasn’t about to let a slight fall stop me, so we did 5 miles, and I had to be extra careful so I didn’t bump any of my bruises or fall and hurt the area that was already hurting. It was a little scary.
We also found a super-easy paved walking trail around Woodland Lake Park and loved it. One of my favorite things we saw there was several families of geese with babies. They’re so cute!
Pinetop is definitely a beautiful place to visit and the weather was outstanding. We were there in June, and it wasn’t hot at all and was very comfortable for us! If you ever get a chance to visit the area, you should do it! It’s a nice place to visit.