The Ranch Lodge has a delightful selection of indoor and outdoor activities for the entire family. Our lodge has deluxe accommodations, two kitchens, and sleeps 14+ so it has all the facilities for a small business retreat or a large family reunion. Nothing can beat a nice relaxing day under the Live Oaks that surround the swimming pool. Dad can barbecue ribs and brisket. We know you need to keep the kids out of your hair -- well, they can wile away the hours swimming, playing washers, horseshoes, darts, or Bocce. All you have to do is settle the disputes, run back and forth answering the incessant requests for aid from the cook, and don't forget to set the picnic table.

As the evening approaches, the timer on the deer feeder by the lodge goes off. If everyone can be a little bit quieter you will soon see a mixture of Whitetail bucks and does as well as Axis, Blackbuck, and possibly even an elusive Aoudad Sheep, an occasional exotic, plus innumerable squirrels heading for this miraculous outflowing of corn. With a bit of forethought and organization the BBQ will be ready, the picnic tables set, and the family can eat while they enjoy the scene unfolding around the deer feeder. You forgot the beer and cokes -- well, don't worry they're close at hand in the Mexican beer cooler. Sit back and relax, listen to the wind in the oaks, the cooing of the doves, enjoy the wildflowers, and take the opportunity to get away from the city and enjoy all that we had to give up for city life.

After dinner turn on the outdoor lighting, light the fire circle, and gather the family for a few songs, ghost stories, or simply to tell old hunting lies. Later there is always time for a good game of pool, to a movie on Satellite T.V.-- but don't stay up too late because there is so much more to do and see tomorrow and the mornings are simply too nice to miss. Maybe "they" can all go climb Enchanted Rock and you can relax over coffee.

The list of activities at our Hill Country ranch is only limited by one's imagination. The freshness of the air, the trees, and the wildflowers, combined with the good old American tradition of a country barbecue and a family picnic -- well, we could go on and on but you have to see it to understand.

The Lodge has pool and poker tables, darts, washers, horseshoes, bocce ball, swimming, and or course outdoor tables set under large oaks that are

ideal for picnicking. Naturally in Texas one should not forget a great barbecue pit.
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