Helen, our real estate agent, arrived at the lodge at about 9:00am to take us around to see the properties we had discussed with her. The first property she took us to was 39.39 acres with a house, well, power and septic.
Well the house was not much of house. It was an old railroad depot that had been moved to the lot and was up on blocks. It was not in good condition and mostly just needed to be taken away. It was very obvious that the land gets very wet and very muddy. There were cattle hoof prints deep in the soil, deep ruts, and serious cracking. We found out it was in a Flood Zone "A". This one is an absolute "No!".
Next we saw a 75.32 acre lot with a house and a couple of out buildings. This one is also a "No!". Nice looking but the road frequently floods and becomes a muddy, quagmire.
Neither site was where the GPS took us yesterday. :)
Then on the way to a 40.01 acre lot we had to stop and wait for a cattle drive to pass by. :)
Mike really liked this lot. It is a nice lot and away from people. Our biggest concern was how far away power was. We would have to run it about 1/3 of a mile.
There were a couple of these mounds on the land. I am not sure what lives in them and I am not sure I want to know. :)
Helen took us to a new listing with a couple of small structures, but it was also a "No!". We spent more time there than I wanted because Helen needed to get pictures for the listing and Mike had to work on getting the 12' x 16' "house" and out buildings open for her.
By this time it was getting late in the afternoon and I was hot, tired and hungry. We had 2 more properties to see, but I was almost ready to call it a day! We did finally see the 43.17 acre lot, which is the one I really wanted to see.
I would have to say overall this was my favorite. We saw one more property after this one, 40.14 acres, but it was "cattle burnt" (had been overgrazed and mesquite had taken it over). And they wanted too much money for it. It is a "No!".
We finally said "Good-bye" to Helen, then we stopped by the Sky Islands Grill and Grocery for some much needed dinner. It was very good!
After dinner we headed back to Alpine. After entering New Mexico and before turning on to Hwy 9, we drove by an area with a "land-for-sale"sign that said Amigos Del Cielo and thought we would look into that when we got back to Texas.
It was another wonderful day!
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