The Voyage West

My father once told me when I was very young the first thing a man must do is to own a piece of land. When you go into a store and you buy something it’s chattel, but when you own a piece of land, that’s real. And that’s where the words “real estate” originated.

I’ve always kept that memory in the back of my mind. But to be honest, I don’t think my father needed to tell me that. I’ve always had a dream since I was 14 to do two things in life:

1.) Buy as much land as I could afford, and as soon as possible..

2.) And learn to fly

I’ve always been captivated by rural Texas, especially the smaller towns like Johnson City and Stonewall, Texas. Having visited there and helped an old couple in Wimberley, Texas, I decided that this is the kind of lifestyle I want–a dream as old as America itself; give me a piece of land to call my own, a little town where everyone knows my name. It’s a dream we are dreaming with a new heart-and-gut-felt urgency. More than the romance of the country, it’s a promise of safety, of comfort, and old-fashioned values.

Now, I’m not the richest person on the block, but I’ve been saving up for that perfect acreage I’ve spied from the corner of my eye. I just need a bit more time. I hope that by starting this blog, I can stay focused on my dream. I also hope that others may learn and share their own viewpoints on their own quest for land. This is not a real estate website and I have no association with any realtors. I’m just a 26 year old guy hoping to purchase land in the country and to fulfill a life long dream before I get to the age of 30. I look around and see lots of middle aged ranchers, retirees–but I don’t want to wait for that age. While my friends party and hit the nightlife in the cities, I’ll be gazing under the stars and hoping life goes as slow as possible because lord knows that life is too damn short.

I’d like to hear from other people (doesn’t matter your age) who live out in the real hill country (Fredericksburg, Johnson City, Harper, Stonewall, etc). Who knows, maybe we can become friends and help on another in accomplishing our dreams.

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