Home in Mimbres

Sapillo Creek Escape and The Casita @ Sapillo Creek Escape are one of a kind in the Gila Wilderness. These two houses are custom designed and made by the creator of Bear Creek Motel and Lodge in Pinos Altos. Everything from the saltillo tiles to the wood latilla ceilings are custom done and exquisitely hand-laid. Over 3000 sq feet in the house & over 320 sq feet in the casita are at your disposal. This place is made you and your family and friends to enjoy the Gila Wilderness! The space Sapillo Creek Escape and the Casita sleeps 9 in proper mattresses and beds and up to 12 if you use the couch and bring your own air mattresses! Sapillo Creek Escape is a one-of-a-kind space hosting four bedrooms. Three bedrooms have adjoining decks that show off the majestic views of the Mogollon Mountains at 6,600 feet elevation. There are 3 full bathrooms, 4 kiva fireplaces in the home for use. The Casita @ Sapillo Creek Escape is an adobe cabin styled as a studio apartment with a queen bed and privacy. It sits adjacent to the home and is within 75 feet away from the front door of Sapillo Creek Escape. There is a camping toilet and a solar-powered, portable shower and two privacy tents in the back of the casita if the guests choose to use those instead of coming into the home to use the bathrooms. There is also potable well water that pumps right into the front of the casita that can be used as well. We love animals so we allow pets so long as they are socialized and have their recent vaccinations. Please let us know if you plan on bringing your pets. The entire house was built by hand, and it took nearly 7 years to complete. Everything is custom and I can promise you that you will never stay in a place like this! A great location to retreat to and escape from the everyday! We want you to share this The Casita and Sapillo Creek Escape with your family, friends, biking crew, birding group, hiking tribe, fishing buds and your hunting pals. On the property itself, we recently marked off three areas which are perfect for campsites. If the weather is nice and you want to bring a tent, you are more than welcome to spend some nights under the stars at the campsites on the property. Let us know if you are interested and we can show you how to get to them. Guest access Guests can access all parts of the home! Other things to note We do have an AC unit but it doesn't work well because the house is built to stay cool during the days, so we rarely turn it on. We have fans and evaporative coolers in each room to help address any climate/heat issues. The tiles and the walls absorb and bring in the cool from the nights and maintain a comfortable temperature inside during the days. Finally, I hate to even write this but this has been a problem over the years and continues to be one. We love our canine companions and understand the love and desire to travel with them and also how they often provide safety from wildlife while hiking out in the Gila. HOWEVER, many guests still allow their dogs to mark inside the house on the carpet and on the legs of our couches. As all pet owners know - this then creates a vicious cycle with all other pets that come after. It is also not easy to spot the urine stains immediately and oftentimes the accumulation is what makes the stains and smells evident. Further, for those who are allergic to animals it isn't fair for their stays if you allow your pets on the furniture and their hair and dander gets stuck in. So, we are getting new couches - less aesthetically marvelous but more utilitarian and able to weather the guests and the animals and we just recently commercially washed the carpets. (message written on October 13, 2024) and we will need all guests to put their pets in the crate when they are not home and can not supervise their pets. And, they need to keep their pets off of the furniture. And, if their pets soil the house and the furniture - we will need the owners to compensate for commercial cleaning and potentially replacement of the furniture. We are finding it hard for people to self-report, care for their pets in the ways we are asking them to in our home and therefore need to add this house rule. Thank you, in advance, for understanding and keeping this home a pet-friendly home!