The iPhone compass app came in handy when searching for property boundaries
Armed with a plat map and an iPhone, I was able to find the corners of my property. As a matter of fact, I found the iPhone was more accurate than most consumer level GPS devices when it came to using perhaps the most basic of all navigational tools—the compass! Continue reading
low water crossing
Last weekend I spent a good amount of time surveying the land. The property is part of an old German ranch that was divided into tracts a few years ago. My tract abuts a river on one side and a small ranch on the other. The remaining boundaries of the tract open into wilderness. Continue reading
On the way to Doss, with goat on the backroads
Had a lead on some “cheap” land way out in the Northern region of the Texas Hill Country and I decided to make a run for it yesterday and check it out. The drive was much longer than I thought–nearly 2 hours from Northern San Antonio to my destination of Doss, Texas. The whole drive was beautiful, but nothing could prepare me for the beauty I would see once I got to Doss.
One of the websites that I have been visiting lately is a virtual community over at city-data.com. They have a nice forum for people who are interested in learning more about Texas (or any other state). I saw an interesting question the other day:
“Why is it so hard to find small acreage for sale?”