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grapeland? - why? -
what's it like?
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► Grapeland? Yep, Grapeland, Texas. Well, close to it, anyway. Our place is a tad east of Grapeland ... about the center of the triangle formed by Crockett, Palestine, and Rusk. Part of our reason for choosing the area is that it's not terribly far from family and friends in Houston, Austin, and Kerrville (about 2.5 hours from our Houston home).
► Why move? Our thought is that our family will be well served by a slower paced life with serious daily exposure to the earth, open forest, animals and nature. We could do that in Houston to some extent, but it's easier "in the country" ... without the traffic and sirens and billboards and the like. So here we go! It's our hope that others may enjoy such things, too, so we are very anxious to share the new place with family and friends. We want the new hacienda to be a retreat for those we love ... we really, really do!
34 acres of heavily wooded, hilly land, about 1/2 mile from house to back. Great trails for walking! Some pine, lots of oak, some other stuff. A few open meadows, 2 creeks, a spring-fed pond, and even a former Christmas tree farm in a back clearing. A 3BR, 3BA house, horse stables, outbuildings, a back-meadow cabin, and an RV pad. Deer, rabbits, foxes, coyotes, skunks, squirrels, opossums, owls, armadillos, wild hogs, and we've heard about an occasional bobcat. Oh, and nesting bluebirds! Want to see photos? Click here, and use password "family".
Here are a few if you don't want to wade through them all. Click on any to see a larger version. We took these photos before spring arrived, so the trees don't have many leaves!
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