Each of the inns seven sleek, white-on-white rooms has a view of the pool and the desert beyond. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)
Reflections of light and shadows often blur the boundaries between indoors and outdoors at the Sagewater Spa. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)
The view from most of the rooms at Sagewater Spa mimick the photo at left, with the pool in the foreground and the desert and a striking mountain range bringing up the rear. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)