Texas Ranch Gates - Part 1

As we travel through the Texas Hill Country we see ranches of all sizes...from some of the smaller 100 - 200 acre "small spreads" to the larger thousands of acres "real spreads".   (The King Ranch in South Texas, as an example, is one of the largest at 850,000 acres-imagine that if you can).   

In our travels we have seen all manner of Ranch Gates...one yesterday had a gate made out of copper that gleamed in the sun (so much so that I couldn't get a good photo of it).  They run the gamut right down to some made of cedar poles from the property, and other simple designs like this one

simply decorated with clay pots on the flanking stone pillars and a simple chain across the front.   Simple yes, but not without a measure of quiet elegance.

Sometimes the names make you wonder about the ranch....we saw one the other day that I couldn't get a photo of (we passed by too quickly)....with the name Plan B Ranch.  Makes me wonder what happened to Plan A!!

The 4 Bar G Ranch

The 4 Bar G looks inviting as the ranch road ambles around mountain cedar and live oaks.

This gate also beckons....note the Texas Star on the left wall...and the gate is attractively "balanced" with guava cacti plants .

The gate to the Escondida Spa in the Medina area is quite decorative.

The 9 Star Ranch road is lined with the blossoms of dogwoods.

This quite fancy ranch entrance didn't show a name but looks inviting all the same.

The Spirit horse ranch is Pam's favorite.   Do you think it is because of the name?

There are many more "Texas Ranch Gates" that we have photographed as we move about the region....so stay tuned for more in future blogs.

Lamb Creek Ranch.