Muleshoe Ranch hiking March 12-17, 2013

Melissa and I recently had an excellent trip to the Muleshoe Ranch near Willcox, Arizona.

It is a lovely place of wild desert and oases, with many opportunities for hiking, as well as

hot springs on the facility. Our trip report and some photos can be found here.



I'd like to organize a return trip, one large enough that we can rent the whole set of casitas,

which gives us a large kitchen and the place more or less to ourselves, and would allow

us to take kids or grandkids under 17. An good time to go would be in mid-March

weekend, with flowers blooming and temperatures in the high 60's. We could make

our dinners in the lovely common room, watching evening settle in across the Hot Springs

Wash. We had hoped to book for Thanksgiving, but the date was unavailable, and we

should move reasonable quickly because much of March 2013 is already taken also.



I would propose the following schedule:



Tuesday, March 12, 2013: Drive partway, perhaps Socorro

Wednesday, March 13: Complete the drive (500 miles, 8 hours behind the wheel) and check in

Thursday-Saturday: Explore (4 nights at Muleshoe)

Sunday, March 17: drive home



Details on the lodgings can be found here. There are 5 casitas, and we should block

at least the central 4. Costs per person per night range from $62 to $98, depending on how

full we fill the facility. The 4 units at minimal occupancy (8) would cost $680 per night, rising

to $890 if we put 4 people in the largest 3 units, for a total of 14 participants. The separate

Stone Cabin could hold 2-4 more.



In order to secure the whole facility, I would like make a single reservation (I'll be the

banker). Reservations require a 50% deposit, with the rest payable upon arrival. If this

is as great a trip as I think it will be, there will likely be folks on a waiting list, willing to buy

out your spot if something comes up in the next 18 months.



There are a couple of casitas left at this point.



Please let me (Bill) know if you are interested, by e-mail to bill@priedhorsky.net, and indicate

your preference for lodgings - which unit and whether you would like to share.