Muy Seco Ranch

Today was Kelli and Rick's last day in San Antonio, so we took a visit out to her Mom's ranch, the "Muy Seco Ranch" (Very Dry Ranch) in D'Hanis, TX. Mrs. Knutson used to live out in Lakehills only about 10 minutes from my folks place. About 1.5 years ago she sold her ranch there and bought her current digs. Kelli had told me that her Mom was living in a "shack" while her custom house was being built, but I guess I never realized what a "shack" actually meant. I got the full experience today.

The Shack, complete with rusted roof, peeling paint, dillapitated shutters and shag carpet was nestled in between 100+ year old oak trees. It had a cute charm to it that, while after living there for 18 months might be hard to appreciate, lured me in. The Shack was apparently the "original" owners engineering prowess of putting two houses together, so you can only imagine the floor plan. Though every wall and door in the house had peeling paint, I knew it was the type of place that the privelaged would pay big money for to decorate their houses with.

I give kudos to Mrs. Knutson for making it a home! I am sure she'll have great memories of the place in hindsight. She's about one month out on moving into her new home, about 1/4 mile down the road. Complete with a pool, this place SCREAMS hill country living at it's finest. I'm stealing some ideas for my "final resting place" that Jeff and I want to build eventually.

I took some pictures with my "dinky camera" which is having some shutter issues. Enjoy.

The Shack

The New Place