I've Landed in Bisbee!
It's true...I have left the "safe haven" of familiarity in California after residing there since 1963, and moved to the high desert wildlands of Southern Arizona. All I can say is WOW. Did I really do this? Yeah I did! And, I was more than ready. My thanks for introducing me to Bisbee go to my friend Robert - a former love of mine from our Mendocino days 25 years ago. He left California in 2002 and bought a 100 year old miner's cabin perched on the side of one of the steep hills in this canyon of Old Bisbee (accessible by many stairs). I'd been telling him that I wanted to explore beyond the borders of California and he suggested I might really enjoy it here. Well, this summer I rented a car to drive across the scorching (like 116 degrees at 10 p.m. scorching) deserts from Southern California and rolled into Bisbee in early June. By the end of June, I had moved here! I do love California and always will. It's a beautiful and diverse state, and I've been bl...