Texas covers a very large area and there are seven very distinct geological regions. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife, they are:
1. The Big Bend Country
2. The Gulf Coast
3. The Hill Country
4. The Panhandle Plains
5. The Pineywoods
6. The Prairies and Lakes
7. The South Texas Plains
I live in Seguin, which is in central Texas where the Hill Country and the Prairies and Lakes meet and overlap. It is very flat in some sections, and there are very gentle, rolling hills in other sections. However, just to the northwest of Seguin, the hill county begins. The hills are not high hills, but they butt up into the sky for a few hundred feet in tight little mounds.
As you drive through the hill country, the roads wind and corkscrew, up and down.
This house was built on the precipice of one such hill just outside of Medina, Texas. The road that passes by it is so crooked and steep that cars must slow down to 10 to 15 miles per hour just to traverse it safely.
I can't even imagine the difficulty the builder had to get materials to the top of this hill. But, I suspect it was all worth it. The view must be wonderful.
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