Hi Johnny, I went to the Renaissance Festival a few years ago that must be close to your house. Pretty country.
I live just west of McKinney, about 40 mi north of Dallas and I celebrate each day that I can stay out of that city. We bought our house in December of 2000 and are waiting for the nest egg to grow and our home value to go up so that hopefully one day we can sell and build a house on my father-in-law's land near Gatesville. (Coryell Co, about 30 mi SW of Waco) I'm an hour from Lake Fork and have several other lakes around but I don't have a boat, so I bank fish or catch a ride with a buddy occasionally. I've got decent Type II dove land in Gainesville, which is about an hour northwest of me, and good deer hunting at the in-laws place which borders Ft. Hood and is about 3 hours south of here. I'm 35 and proud to say that my family's roots run back to the Republic of Texas. I was born in Austin and all of my people are still around there, but a job brought me here and three jobs later, I'm still around. I've got an awesome wife who understands my hunting and fishing itch and lets me scratch it, and a three year old daughter who is my world. Life is pretty good, but I'd rather be in a house with a big porch in the hills of Coryell Co. watching the cows and counting the deer. Someday!

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