Casa de San Pedro Bed & Breakfast

A portion of the courtyard at Casa de San Pedro.

We wholeheartedly recommend Casa de San Pedro Bed & Breakfast whether you’re a birdwatcher or just want to hike in the cool shade of the big trees along the San Pedro River. Karl & Patrick are terrific innkeepers. The grounds are very pleasant. And it’s located within a stones throw of the last remaining free-flowing river in Southern Arizona. The rooms are just a normal-size bedroom & bath but all 10 open to a beautiful courtyard where there are plenty of tables & chairs. Also not far are two Clovis archeological sites. These are as close as you’re likely to get to the Pleistocene Epoch and the Paleo-Indians who hunted the now extinct giant bison, twice the size of today’s “buffalo”, and humongous mammoths that were larger than an African elephant. To view my original post on how I came to discover this Southern Arizona treasure, click HERE. 8933 S. … Continue reading

Lodging Review: Simpson Hotel B&B – Duncan, AZ

Simpson Hotel

Duncan, Arizona is small-town Americana. Not much happens here and, from what we could determine, that’s the way most locals want to keep it. Our main reason for coming to Duncan is that it’s close to Clifton, Morenci’, the Black Hills Byway, and the Gila Box.

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