MAY 2009
DOS CABEZAS SPIRIT AND NATURE RETREAT BED AND BREAKFAST NEWSLETTER
Please visit our main website at www.doscabezasretreat.com
This month we are in the news twice! A travel writer for PHOENIX WOMAN magazine visited us and featured our bed and breakfast in her article entitled, "Chiricahua Dreamland." Check out the article about us in PHOENIX WOMAN (page 70 in the hard copy) at the link below.
http://www.phoenixwoman.com/articles/detail/123
Also, our bed and breakfast is mentioned in an Arizona Capitol Times article. It's a great story about T.N.McCauley, the owner of our property back at the turn of the century. Check out the story at the link below.
http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/freestory.cfm?id=9822
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A special thanks to all our guests who have recently stayed with us. We've made many new friends all the way from Maryland, Maine, Nebraska, Missouri,Vancouver, B.C, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Texas to Idaho, California, Sun City, AZ, and many points in between.
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After a blustery Spring, it finally feels like we have made it through the cold winter. This week we've had FOS (First Of Season) Lazuli Buntings and Black Headed Grosbeaks, and a yard full of baby Curve Billed Thrasher literally being pecked out of the nest. We have three species of nesting Orioles - Bullock's, Hooded, and Scott's. They nested here last year, so we are seeing a lot of returns. The Goldfinches are slowly moving on, but we still have Broad-tailed and Black-Chinned hummers. The mesquites are finally leafing and the mountains are turning green!
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We have a most interesting event happening here, a blooming Century plant, or Agave, putting up a majestic stalk. It's beautiful to see the rapid growth in just a few weeks (photos below) but sad because we also know that after this plant blooms, it dies. It's right in the front yard, but there are baby Agave already growing up around it.
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We look forward to seeing all our old friends, and making new friends in the comng months. Call us at 520-384-6474 or just send us an email us at IWantToStay@doscabezasretreat.com. We hope you enjoy the newsletter! (To unsubscribe, just send me a return email to IWantToStay@doscabezasretreat.com.)
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ENJOY THESE RECENT PHOTOS AT OUR BED AND BREAKFAST
and as you scroll down, check out the
UPCOMING AREA EVENTS
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UPCOMING AREA EVENTS:
May - October 2009: "U-Pick" Produce Season
The U-Pick farms offer nuts, fruits and vegetables, meats, honey, jellies, baked goods - everything from Apples to Zucchini. There are also Peach, Cider and Pumpkin festivals. For more information, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Produce Brochure, Willcox Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture, 1500 N Circle I Rd, Willcox, AZ 85643 or click here on U-Pick.
July 3 & 4, 2009: Western Heritage Days
Come experience the Old West, in historic Willcox, Arizona! At one time Willcox was the Capital of the World in the shipping of range cattle, which makes the cowboy very significant in our history. Many a cowboy has been a part of our history. One of them was Warren Earp, the youngest brother of Wyatt Earp. Warren Earp is the only Earp to be killed and buried in Arizona. Gunned down at the Headquarters Saloon on Railroad Avenue on July 6th, 1900. Warren lies in the Willcox Historical Cemetery. For details call the Willcox Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture at willcoxchamber@vtc.net or 520-384-2272.
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CORONADO VINEYARDS
Coronado Vineyards, located just east of Willcox, is another of our very favorite places, and Jacque Cook is the lovely and hospitable hostess and owner. They are becoming quite famous for the Friday night "wine-downs" and dinner, monthly Saturday night dinner, weekday lunches, and Sunday brunches. Their annual Summer Luau is Saturday, July 11th and their 3rd Annual Grape Stomp is Saturday, August 29th. Visit their website at www.coronadovineyards.com or call them at 520-384-2993 for hours and menus.
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ARIZONA VINES AND WINES MAGAZINE
For more information on the fascinating and growing Southeastern wine industry, log onto www.ArizonaVinesAndWines.com. Josh and Rhonni Moffitt have produced the most beautiful and interesting magazine, and Josh is also a specialist in AZ vineyard properties. They are ready to assist you with advertising, property purchases, or just to answer questions for you about the opportunites in AZ wine growing.
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We accept most major credit cards.
(And cash and checks.)
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For more events in the area, check out the Willcox Chamber website at (www.willcoxchamber.com). They are terrific folks and very helpful. Tell them we sent you!
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Included below is part of the blurb from our website. If you haven't checked it out yet, take a look at www.doscabezasretreat.com.
We hope to see all of you soon and in the meantime, may you walk in Light, Peace and Beauty.
Charmayne and Jon Samuelson
DOS CABEZAS SPIRIT AND NATURE RETREAT
www.doscabezasretreat.com
520-384-6474
EXCERPT FROM OUR WEBSITE at www.doscabezasretreat.com:
The serene Dos Cabezas Mountains 14 miles southeast of Willcox, Arizona, and twenty minutes along Hwy. 186 to the mystical Chiricahua Mountains, are the home of the Dos Cabezas Spirit and Nature Retreat bed and breakfast guest lodging in the historic ghost town of Dos Cabezas. The village was named after the striking twin-peaked mountains (the English translation is two heads) that rise above the village. The Retreat's setting is secluded and private, and we border thousands of acres of State land.
The Retreat's private guest house is furnished with comfy sleeping accommodations and we serve a gourmet Southwest breakfast. You will enjoy complete privacy, as we host only one party at a time at the retreat. The country guest house, casita, and the owner's residence are authentic and historical adobe homes from the late 1800's and are your home base for premier birding and nature viewing, peaceful meditation, astronomy, hiking, photography, picking fruit at local peach and apple orchards and vegetable farms, and ghost towning. Our elevation is about 5,100 feet, just right for picture-perfect spring and fall weather, moderate summers and winters, and for your geo-tourism and eco-tourism adventures. The guest house shown above is dated from the mid-1800's and is rich in history. Dos Cabezas Spirit and Nature Retreat Bed and Breakfast is commited to the ongoing preservation of the historical integrity of these priceless adobe homes.
Today, Dos Cabezas Spirit and Nature Retreat Bed and Breakfast is a great home base from which to explore and experience the historical and contemporary treasures of the area. A short 10-minute drive takes you to the famous Willcox Twin Lakes birding site, and home of Wings over Willcox Birding Festival. It's a gorgeous 20-minute drive to the Chiricahua National Monument on the west side of the Chiricahua Mountains, and it's only about a 25-minute drive to the trailhead of historic Fort Bowie. Portal, Arizona, and Paradise, Arizona, known for world-class birding, are just about an hour and a half drive over Onion Saddle to the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains. And 15 minutes into Willcox you will find the rich history of the Rex Allen Museum, the Marty Robbins Museum, the National Day of the Cowboy Museum, and the Chiricahua Regional Museum which document local pre-history, history and the cowboy and ranching way of life. It is also an easy drive to famous Tombstone and Bisbee.
Willcox has become known as the best place in southern Arizona for 'pick your own' fruit and nut orchards and vegetable farms, and is rapidly establishing a reputation for quality vineyards and wine tasting.
All this and much more await your visit! As you browse our website, you will find additional information, birding lists, and tourist attractions. If you are looking for peace, nature, and the opportunity to experience the Old West the way it really was in a rustic setting, you will like our Retreat. We look forward to meeting you and hope that you will have a wonderful stay at Dos Cabezas Spirit and Nature Retreat!
Dos Cabezas Spirit and Nature Retreat Bed and Breakfast
1-520-384-6474 www.doscabezasretreat.com
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