No river but there is a well that my hubby's step dad put in. The land was a gift from my mother in law. It is remote(4 1/2 miles off the main highway). So no elec up there, we will have to go solar.
Right now we have a travel trailer we use to stay in up there. We plan on making it as self reliant a place as possible, a fruit orchard(no citrus though it gets too cold). I was told at the local farmers market by some gardeners that anything but citrus will grow up there.
We plan on having our goats(meat & dairy), chickens, cattle(beef & dairy), hogs, Llama's, alpaca's & ducks for the pond we will install. Not to mention a big garden. Plus we will grow all our own hay too. I have some friends here that want to me to grow wheat for them also( a little extra income they say).
Our place sits up on top of the White Mountains at about an elevation of 6000 feet. I will see if I can find a picture of it & post it. I took a few from the crest on the road one time, so you can see the whole property.
We have a lake just down the highway about 15 minutes that has good fishing in it too. And there is another (I call it a pond, but by AZ standards it is a lake) 25 minutes from us just outside Springerville. Of course these times are once you get out on the main highway. We have to open & close two gates coming down from our property to the highway.
But it is so quite & peaceful, no elec lines in the view. Occasionally you will hear one of the other people who live back there on a tractor or their dog bark(faintly). And at night the sky is so full of stars, that you can see clearly!!
And green everywhere!! Unlike here where we have about 4-5 shades of brown. And the temps are a lot cooler up there in the summer too!!
Only contention we have to deal with is it is windier up there.
