SPANISH OAKS CLUB BOULEVARD ROCKS!!!

The situation in a nutshell (and nuts is a great starting place!) Trucks rolled over the center island buffalo grass, as they apparently (?) couldn't make the turn in the radius presented. So (this goes back some time) a wooden fence was attempted.

Then it was replaced by small rocks (have I got the chronology right?) then they were replaced by larger rocks. Then they were taken away. This is over months. And now we have another realtor open house Sunday and suddenly much bigger rocks are back!

It looks ridiculous. Cheap. Hello, management, you can do better.

BEE CAVE PARK

We knew it was proposed - a new Bee Cave Park - but where? Part of the confusion was cleared last night as we attended the meeting about Highway 71 - there, in the lobby of Bee Cave City Hall, was a sketch of the park. What cleared up is that the road shown on it doesn't exist yet - Bee Cave Parkway will extend from where it exists now (onto 620) to eventually link up with Hamilton Pool Road.

On this sketch I've inserted some text to help align your view. Click here to see it in full screen.

HIGHWAY 71

By now you know - due to pretty compete media coverage, that the 71 enhancements are underway - what you might not know - especially if not in the area (absentee lot owners, for example) is that the area of immediate concern/number of deaths is considerably west of here. Our issues will be part of another project - from Oak Hill (The Y) to beyond S.O. That's if and when. If it's funded and when it can be done.

Roadway money is hard to come by in Texas.

THE BACKYARD

Last night at the Bee Cave Council Meeting, the Backyard presented a preliminary plan to move to the NW corner of 620 and 71 (behind the church). A 7500 seat facility is proposed, with parking for 2500 cars. If you've endured the present silly parking scheme, you might leap for joy. Good to see it's not moving FAR away.
It's still in the early stages (ha!)

EAST VERSUS WEST

While waiting, we measured. The west gate, from beep of the scanner to fully open, is about 4 seconds slower than the east. It's about 14 vs. 18 seconds. According to one of the guards, the west side gate actually lifts then opens, though we've not noticed that as it takes a few seconds to get there from the 'pad.'

Let's push for a fix to the remaining dip right as you exit the east entrance gate. They did a nice repair job on the other one down by the bridge. One down, one to go.

WHITE CAT LOST

We're missing a White Cat with 24 toes, if anybody has seen him, this neutered male cat belongs to Taylor Skinner, age 14 at 4813 Mondonedo Cove. If you find him, please call Taylor 627-6332

MISSED THE FIRST PHOTO

Walking the neighborhood this perfect afternoon, my mind wandered despite the choke chain. There were many good smells and many new shades of grey. So I failed to notice the snake thing in the street ahead and I didn't alert Bob, who was lost in his own thoughts. It's a good thing he went to the bathroom before our walk. He did see the last little bit of slither into the grass and we avoided the area.

Jessie Wood