Star Telegram - Travel | Ruidoso October 2007

STAY

The most impressive boutique inn to open in New Mexico this year could be the Escape Resort, a small place hidden alongside a stream in the woods behind the A-Frame Ski Shop (1016 Mecham Road, 888-762-8551, www.theescaperesort.com; from $229). Owned by a husband-wife architect team, these sleek, contemporary casitas (with one or two bedrooms and private baths) offer Egyptian-cotton bed linens, private entries and patios, big fireplaces, full kitchens, LCD flat-screen TVs; high-speed Internet connections, steam showers and two-person Jacuzzi tubs.