A River Rock Cabin in Cascabel
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Location
Car: Necessary
The San Pedro River is the only remaining SW river not dammed - as a result, it is the largest migratory flyway in the country. The cabin is located on a dirt road, deep along the river valley, across from the river. The birding is fabulous, as is the hiking or horseback riding, if you haul your horses in. Stabling available on the ranch. The area is under major conservation which has preserved wildlife corridors from the mountains to the river. Bear, ring-tailed cats, coati, mountain lions, desert tortoise, deer... they are all here. A wildlife guide is available for hire for back country exploration.
If you were to hike up Hot Springs Canyon, it brings you through a year-round running stream and to Hooker Hot Springs on the Muleshoe Ranch. This is wild back country and is generally considered to be a very long day hike or an overnight hike. It is possible to have someone meet you and drive you back to the cabin.
Other trips, with back country permits, can take you into the Aravaipa Wilderness.
Of course there's the alternative - sitting on the porch or out in the sun and being quiet and still, separating yourself from the frantic rush of the outside world. Being here is like living in an earlier century.
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2005
About the owner: I left the east coast in '94 after a disastrous downsizing of the company I was working for and of course it was a gift in disguise..... once I got my feet firmly planted again. I opened a boarding stable in Tucson and ran that until the city grew too big and close. So I moved out to the wilderness and started over again. It has been such a gift and I don't know that, if I was ever given the chance, I would have thought I would be allowed to choose such a life. The experience has been enhanced by living among a thriving, tiny community of people seeking the balance of what's best for the land and for themselves, making the land and its wild animals an equal partner in the equation. We are doing conservation ranching, preserving an entire canyon while bringing it back from overgrazing, running cattle on range and on irrigated pasture, selling grass fed beef. None of this takes place on this property, but on the thousands of acres of range land and pasture some miles from here. I say this because I've had people ask if there was butchering or branding or whatever going on here. No there isn't. Formerly I was married, living in Conn and eventually divorced and raising a daughter by myself. I worked as a professional photographer for 30 years while also working in printing and publications. My MA degree was from Syracuse School of Journalism. Horses were always a large part of my life, even tho' I never owned one as a youngster but the time came when I had to let it all go. It was only in retirement that I was able to bring these fabulous animals back into my life.
Why the Owner Chose Cascabel, AZ, USA:
When I was looking for property and came upon this place, I was really struck by the old cabin built into the side of the mesa. I could feel its potential and also its history. Once I settled in with the animals, I turned my attention to the cabin and saw, once I got windows in and opened it up, how welcoming it was. As was the land. The land is in one of the last remaining old mesquite bosques, very near the river, surrounded by desert leading up to mountains on both sides of the river. This is like a national park or refuge and is actually being considered for that status.
The Unique Benefits at this Cabin:
The energy of the surrounding land is palpable. Native ancient populations lived here in great numbers and on the mesa above me is one of the largest documented villages. It is now under conservation easement. Baicatcan. The hiking or riding in the valley takes you into unspoiled deep wilderness. Before I moved out here, each time I visited the valley, I could feel my whole body expand and relax and let in this clean air and wide open space, the amazing quiet and peacefulness. It is possible to do a Spirit walk with some Native American neighbors, if you ask me to arrange it.
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Photos
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Cabin is just shy of 100 years.... lots of history here.
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Yes, your dog is welcome if it is under control - can't go in the horse pens.
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Food storage cabinets, a counter for eating or working at your computer.
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The brick floor with a sunflower medallion of tile.
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The Mexican sink in the bathhouse.
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Fabulous hiking territory. You'll never run into another soul for days.
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An old dirt airstrip and hanger, decommissioned and to become an orchard.
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One of our mother cows
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Luna's Secret - April 2010 - I didn't know I had a pregnant horse!
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Twister right before shearing
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Oh dear, they're all gone now. Time flies.... a new generation and color is here
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bathhouse is to the right of the cabin
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Looking out the screen porch
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The pot bellied wood stove, counter and sink. More cabinets overhead.
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The old cabin, built into the hillside.
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A magical spring when the rains were just right.This is the mesa above the cabin
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Driving through the desert up the valley to Cascabel
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Eggs available daily
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The cows on irrigated pasture
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Here he is at 6 months
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Twister and Shadow, alpacas
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Guests visiting you can stay right next door... in the 'penthouse'.
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Something fun lifted from Facebook!!
VRBO #435761
This listing was first published here in 2012.
Date last modified - Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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