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AMBULANCE SIRENS, POLICE CARS RUSHING DOWN
STREETS…….
PEACE AND QUIET, LUSH GREEN GRASS, MESQUITE
TREES BLOOMING, BRIGHT STARS SHINING AT NIGHT,
FROGS CROAKING, DEER GRAZING IN THE VALLEY…
YOUR CHOICE – BIG CITY NOISE, OR RELAXING
ATMOSPHERE FOUND AT CAVU CANYON RANCH LOCATED IN
THE LOVELY BLUE MOUNTAINS OF SEGOVIA.
BOB AND LYNN FOREMAN, OWNERS OF CAVU CANYON
RANCH, HAVE TRAVELED MANY PLACES AND IT WAS THE
PEACE AND TRANQUILITY OF THIS AREA THAT
ENCOURAGED THEM TO BUY THE PROPERTY – KNOWN AS
THE OLD BISHOP HOUSE -- WHERE THEY COULD ENJOY
FISHING ON SYCAMORE CREEK, WATCH THE WHITETAIL
AND EXOTIC DEER ROAM THE AREA, WATCH BIRDS
MIGRATING, AND FEEDING THOSE “LITTLE BIRDS” –
BETTER KNOWN AS HUMMINGBIRDS!!
AT NIGHT, THE STARS SO BRIGHT AND YOU MIGHT EVEN
WATCH A SATELLITE CROSSING THE SKY.
FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY, COMING TO THIS
PIECE OF HEAVEN IS A BIG SURPRISE. NOT JUST AT
THIS RANCH, BUT THE WHOLE KIMBLE COUNTY AREA IS
FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE
FRIENDLIEST AND CARING PEOPLE. AFTER LIVING
AND WORKING IN A BIG TRAFFIC TEXAS CITY, BOB AND
LYNN SETTLED IN THE SEGOVIA AREA, REMODELED THE
OLD BISHOP HOUSE, BUILT IN THE 1930’S AND
PLANNED THEIR FINAL RETIREMENT. ….OR THOUGHT IT
WAS THE “FINAL” RETIREMENT. NOW, THEY WORK
HARDER THAN EVER TAKING CARE OF THE 3 CABINS
THEY HAVE OFFERED TO PEOPLE TO STAY FOR BIRD
WATCHING, PHOTOGRAPHY, STAR GAZING, RELAXING,
ETC.
LYNN AND BOB RETIRED FROM OWNERSHIP OF A PRIME
BEEF STEAKHOUSE IN HOUSTON AFTER 16 YEARS. BOB
HAD RETIRED MANY YEARS BEFORE AS A FLIGHT
ENGINEER IN THE AIR FORCE BASED OUT OF ANDREWS
AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON, D.C. THEY ASKED
LYNN’S DAUGHTER, JODIE, TO RUN THE RESTAURANT ,
FOR A FEW YEARS WHILE THEY TRAVELED THROUGH THE
ABACOS ISLANDS, BAHAMAS, AND LATER, MEXICO,
GUATEMALA, BELIZE ON THEIR 46 FOOT MORGAN
SAILBOAT, CROSSING THE GULF OF MEXICO OFTEN.
WITH ALL THIS TRAVELING, THEY ARE HAPPILY
SETTLED IN SEGOVIA, RAISING WATUSI CATTLE ON THE
RANCH. MOST PHOTOGRAPHERS ARRIVE WANTING TO SEE
AND PHOTOGRAPH THE WATUSI. |