My wife and I have stayed twice at a place called "Shadow Mountain Lodge" in the upper canyon in Ruidoso. It is a 'couples only' place, no pets and no smoking. There are rooms along a neat covered porch as well as four cabins available there. We've stayed in each ... we find the rooms to be excellent and slightly cheaper than the cabins, but the cabins are very nice! It is a quiet beautiful setting and we enjoyed ourselves there very much.
The only caveat is that the original owners have (or were supposed to have) sold the place to new owners last fall. We have not stayed there since that time, so don't know about the new owners. We intend to stay there again in time, and hope the new owners maintain the same level of service, cleanliness, and beauty as did the original owners.
There are cheaper places in town, and much more expensive places as well. But for a neat nice quiet convenient place to stay, we think this one is (was) very nice. Like I said, we've not experienced the new owners, if the sale was consumated. I do know that the original owners were very interested in finding new owners who would maintain the place as it had been kept by themselves. Here is a link to the place:
http://www.smlruidoso.com/
Hope you guys have a great trip and a good stay. We hear the temps have been much cooler there than around the rest of SE and Southern NM. It's been an oven here on the east side!!!