Bud & I have enjoyed the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona since we first got together in 2003. We loved camping and hiking in the beautiful sky island, especially on the eastern side of the range in the Cave Creek Canyon area.
Last year, 2013 we bought a rustic, primitive cabin on National Forest land in South Fork Cave Creek. It is one of only two cabins in this important birding canyon and we felt like we hit the jackpot when we were able to buy it.
We spent as much time as we could at the cabin and each time we had to return to Tucson, we dreaded going back to civilization. The traffic, noise and congestion wore on both of us. Our home in the Tucson Mountains is great and we love our 5 acres there, but every time we'd go over the hill into Tucson, our blood pressure would rise and the aggravation made us both long for the quiet serenity of Cave Creek.
Last year, 2013 we bought a rustic, primitive cabin on National Forest land in South Fork Cave Creek. It is one of only two cabins in this important birding canyon and we felt like we hit the jackpot when we were able to buy it.
We spent as much time as we could at the cabin and each time we had to return to Tucson, we dreaded going back to civilization. The traffic, noise and congestion wore on both of us. Our home in the Tucson Mountains is great and we love our 5 acres there, but every time we'd go over the hill into Tucson, our blood pressure would rise and the aggravation made us both long for the quiet serenity of Cave Creek.
The Forest land cabin is not to be used as a permanent residence and we wanted to live in Portal full time, so we started looking around a little more. Penny's Rockhouse on Rockhouse Road in Portal was for sale when we bought the cabin, but way out of our price range. After being on the market for a year, the family was anxious to sell, so we made an offer and after months of negotiations and compromise we were able to buy this lovely rock house just a block from downtown Portal.
So our new permanent home beginning in July 2014 will be in Portal Arizona. It's a lovely small community with so much going on, I can't see us ever being bored! There are miles of hiking trails & the best birding in the country! There is an abundance of wildlife that the humans who live here manage to co-exist with. We appreciate all the neighbors we have here, whether two legged, four legged, winged or furred.
Follow our new life here in Portal. It's going to be fun!
So our new permanent home beginning in July 2014 will be in Portal Arizona. It's a lovely small community with so much going on, I can't see us ever being bored! There are miles of hiking trails & the best birding in the country! There is an abundance of wildlife that the humans who live here manage to co-exist with. We appreciate all the neighbors we have here, whether two legged, four legged, winged or furred.
Follow our new life here in Portal. It's going to be fun!
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