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A Little Hill Country

February 19, 2015

At the end of January I went to Texas to spend time at my parents house in Burnet. It was a perfect winter week in Texas – you know, 75 degree days and blue skies. I took a film camera (Mamiya 645) and shot 2 rolls (Kodak Portra 400). These are some of my favorite photos from my trip.

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hillcountry 001My grandather (Papoo) enjoying a margarita on the front porch at the young age of 96. The night before, my Dad was trying to convince him to grow a beard. Papoo’s winning defense: “I can’t get any better looking.”
On the right, Mom at Inks Lake State Park

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hillcountry 007Inks Lake State Park exploring.

hillcountry 005Part of the ranch property where my parents live. There are some nearby texas ranches for sale that I would have loved to have explored too.

hillcountry 002The little Oasis on the right is one of the coolest spots on the ranch.
In the background, a very dry Lake Buchanan.

hillcountry 008When you see signs like this – follow them.

My Mom has a great book called Texas Backcountry Hangouts, a guide to country stores and backwood bars around the state. We want to visit every one featured in the book, and she’s been taking it with her and getting the owners to sign on their featured pages. A handful are within a short drive of my parents house so we decided to check another off of the list one afternoon.

hillcountry 003Castell General Store – check!

Until next time, Texas…

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Comments

  1. Matt says

    February 22, 2015 at 11:57 PM

    That is one cool mother – daughter tradition.

  2. Julie says

    February 19, 2015 at 11:14 AM

    I so want to go on your next pub crawl in Texas! Beautiful shots! Can’ wait to see the ranch!

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