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Back in my room, I poured berg- labyrinth is designed to help you find
amot and rose bath salts into a your way. When I arrived at the center,
steaming hot tub and luxuriated in the I felt completely at peace.
warmth until it was time to get out. I I remembered my intention; worry
couldn’t. I tried to stand but had no about nothing. I hoped this thought
strength. I tried again and failed. I would stay with me long after I’d left
could not get out no matter how much the magic of the desert and was walk-
I maneuvered my body. I looked for a ing the concrete sidewalks back home,
red emergency cord, but there was listening to sirens rather than quails,
none. My cellphone was in the other but knowing at least I’d be able to get
room. I’m a type 1 diabetic, and my out of my own bathtub.
sister has always begged me to get
one of those HELP I’VE FALLEN neck- Another Perfect Carefree Resort with
laces, but I refused. Golf, Adventure, and a Spa:
I began to hyperventilate. Surely
this stress was raising my blood sugar The Boulders Resort and Spa, one
to a dangerous level, but I couldn’t of the most beautiful resorts in Ari-
shoot insulin because my controller zona is surrounded by gargantuan 12-
was in the other room. I was stuck. I milion-year-old granite boulders, some
might be dead by the time they found as big as an SUV or even a house.
me. Worse, I’d be naked, not a way to Framed by the stunning peaks of the
meet the grim reaper. I took a deep McDowell Mountains, the spacious
breath, grunted, screamed, grit my adobe accommodations blends in with
teeth, held onto the slithery rim, and the natural landscape. Even the two
pushed with every molecule in my award-winning golf courses are set
body. Finally, I stood. Shaky, I got out within the enchanting desert land-
of the tub, shot insulin, and plopped scape and listed among the finest in
down on the bed, relieved. the United States. For those who like
The next morning, I headed to the adventure, there’s rock climbing, na-
outdoor labyrinth. It is said the very ture and wildlife tours, hot air balloon
act of walking the circles alters con- flights, horseback riding, guided hikes,
sciousness and helps quiet the mind. I Grand Canyon air tours, ATV desert
slowly walked the spiraled path listen- tours, fine dining, and a 33,000-
ing to the cooing mourning doves. Ev- square-foot spa with a fitness center
ery labyrinth has a center, but walking and almost as many treatments as
its paths is more about the journey there are boulders on the property.
than the destination, because a
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