TEXAS RANCHES NEAR KERRVILLE

A tour of some Texas ranches was on tap for us last Saturday.

All the ranches have gates. This is sample of what they are
like. Of course each one is different. The one here was at Eagle Ridge Ranch. Not at all like Missouri farms where very few are gated. All the ranches are gated.

On our drive however, the ranch road went from one ranch to another. It was like driving right through their fields and pastures, no ditches along the road. Each time you entered a different ranch you would cross a cattle guard. We don't see a lot of cattle.  We see more goats which are raised for meat and most of it is exported. Up to the right is a wagon we saw on Eagle Ridge Ranch.

 We did see this Longhorn resting near the barn, the llamas, and this Axis Deer taking a nap.

The small picture is horses on the ranch and the plant to the left is Mountain Laurel, much like our lilac. It is a very pretty purple and reportedley sweet smelling, although, we didn't get out. I know Sharon couldn't have smelled it.

Very pretty purple growing on this bush and part of the decoration around a ranch gate.

Then of course for you skeptics, I got a nice shot of a Texas Jackalope.  He looks like a 10 or 12 pointer. Wish I could have bagged him for mounting on the RV wall.

 If some of you guys want to work on a ranch, you might get to live in a bunk house like the one below.

Lots of big ranches and very pretty. Of course, we both like all this western scenery, decor, and landscape. We are trying to get our fill of it. We won't be here in the Hill Country much longer.