Texas Hill Country

iCam · #1 06/16/2004, 02:34 PM

Hey all. Just thought I'd share some pictures of the beautiful Texas hill country. This is at my grandparent's approx. 3,000 something acre ranch about an hour outside of San Antonio. You can't tell from the pic, but I am about 1,500 feet up on a hill. The further towards Utopia you go, the more beautiful the scenery is with more hills. Enjoy!

Fish-o-holic · #2 06/16/2004, 02:37 PM

Those photos are beautiful. Nothing better than having green grass, mother nature and clear blue skies overhead.

Ernest T. Bass · #3 06/16/2004, 03:07 PM

nihonjin,

Nice pictures. Hey, what direction is Utopia from San Antonio? Is that north-west? I lived in Austin and the hills are beautiful. I never knew Texas has such scenery. You are quite the multi-linguist.

iCam · #4 06/16/2004, 03:11 PM

Ernest- Thanks. Utopia is...Umm...probably northwest of San Antonio. Driving to Utopia is quite an experience (drops,loops,turns everywhere!). I'll try to find a map and post a pic. I know that it's in Uvalde County.

gcvt · #5 06/16/2004, 03:14 PM

If Houston looked like that, I may have never left!

MarkS · #6 06/16/2004, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fish-o-holic
Nothing better than having green grass, mother nature and clear blue skies overhead.

I live here. Trust me, that is NOT green grass. The grass is not greener in Texas. Heck, it's usually a dull brown.

What you are seeing is tons of the God-forsaken scrub brush that infests the entire state from 1500 feet up.

MarkS · #7 06/16/2004, 03:22 PM

iCam · #8 06/16/2004, 03:28 PM

MarkS...Sadly alot of what you said is true...but alot of their ranch is really green actually. Alot of it is coastal also (cut for hay..seen in the second picture). It's so beautiful in their back pasture when it's bluebonnet/indian paintbrush season, because some of the smaller hills are totally covered on the sides.

Ernest...here is a map of Texas counties. The right red dot is Travis county (Austin). The middle red dot is Bexar county (San Antonio), and the left red dot is Uvalde county, where Utopia is. So actually, it is pretty much just west of San Antonio.

iCam · #9 06/16/2004, 03:30 PM

MarkS..sorry didn't see that you posted that map. Yours is certainly better than mine! But anyways..there's 2 maps that show where it is. We'll just use mine to see where Utopia is in relationship to other further Texas Counties

iCam · #10 06/16/2004, 03:33 PM

MarkS..how do you like living in San Antonio? I was born there and only lived there a few years. But I live only about 2 hours away from you, and it seems I'm in San Antonio at least every other weekend

If I end up staying in Texas, I wouldn't mind living there again. BTW, I thought of you not too long ago when I saw one of the SA transit stations...

Taxman2 · #11 06/16/2004, 06:11 PM

Let me know if you ever need any help with keeping your Deer herds down.

Beutifull land I must say.

tcarlson · #12 06/17/2004, 01:16 PM

What that picture doesn't show is how freaking hot it is. I have been to many a picturesque spot like that on the "Devil's Backbone" near Wimberly swetting my a$$ off.

I can't wait for summer to be over and it has just begun. Funny how when you are a kid you look forward to summer all year long and when you grow up you can't wait for it to be over.