RIVER OAKS is a very rare property with 300 feet of frontage on Hondo Creek. The Hondo Creek lake is spring-fed with deep, clear, cool, permanent water. The property has been thoughtfully landscaped to provide many places for entertaining or quiet solitude in the shade. There is a circular patio on the bluff overlooking the creek, with room for several picnic tables and a view of the hills. Next to the patio is a rock garden, sculpted from the bluff and planted in Texas natives. There is a hand-made, rock fountain spraying water from the creek to provide a refreshing water feature. A continuous rock wall edges the bluff all along the width of the property.

This 10 ACRE Land of Enchantment is located in Tarpley, Texas, between Bandera and Utopia. Sound inviting? There's more…….

The elegant stone home was built in the Texas Hill Country style in 1994. It is well-built and well-loved, with a warm, family feeling for your full-time residence or weekend retreat. There are three bedrooms (master downstairs), 2.5 baths, a guestroom, office alcove, living room, kitchen, dining room and a nook off the kitchen with a wood-burning stove.

Steps lead down from the house to the fishing and swimming dock on the creek. This is where you could live all summer long and never come indoors. Many happy family memories have been made here. The water is 8 to 15 feet deep, and there are catfish and bass in the creek.

If you decide to come up from the creek, there is a 5-stall barn with tack room for your equine family members. There are miles of roads to ride at Rio Hondo Ranch. Next to the barn is the fenced garden and greenhouse for the gardener in the family.

Have we left anything out? Come see for yourself and decide if you can picture your family at River Oaks on Hondo Creek. $645,000.