Sunrise yoga on the patio
From $35 · per session
Small-group or private practice above the vines — mats provided, lake air included. Finish with tea as the valley wakes up.
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Our story
Built by hand,
shaped by the world
Before Quail's Crossing was a retreat, it was simply Suzanne's life — engineer, maker, mother of three, traveller of five continents. Stay here and you're not booking a room; you're stepping into her story.
Chapter 01
A childhood in motion
Suzanne's first great journey came early: three years in Zambia — and instead of flying home, her family fitted out a Toyota van and camped their way across Africa, took a boat to Bombay, and drove on to London. Later came boarding school in England while her parents worked in Iran. Wandering was the family language.
Chapter 02
The engineer
Army basic training as a summer job. A Mechanical Engineering degree and a Master's in Industrial Engineering at Waterloo. And between the degrees, the road again — trekking Thailand and Malaysia, hiking Srinagar to Ladakh, crossing East Africa on the back of a truck. Her career ran from consulting all the way to VP of Engineering.
Chapter 03
Built by hand
The home you'll stay in, she shaped herself — every room renovated with her own hands, the kitchen and bathroom cabinets built, tiled and painted by her, along with the guesthouse and the feature deck where you'll linger over breakfast.
Chapter 04
A year around the world
With three kids aged 13, 9 and 7, she pulled them out of school and travelled for a full year — the Galápagos, the Inca Trail, the Falkland Islands, Egypt, Turkey. Today each guest room is named for one of her children — the Champion, Serenity and Music rooms — and every name has a story she'll happily tell you.
Chapter 05
The maker's years
When the nest emptied and the world went quiet, Suzanne found quilting — every bed now wears a design of her own (and yes, they're for sale). A loom stands in the living room, the woodworking list never gets shorter, and the travel? That never stopped.
“Quail's Crossing isn't a decorated guesthouse — it's a life you get to sleep inside.”
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