Cactus Creek / Nixon TX

Our destination is the Cactus Creek ranch in Nixon, TX.  Cactus Creek has treated us extremely well on our previous visits and we are looking looking forward to Year 3.  The ranch's two bunkhouses will be arranged differently this year as we need a males/females set-up for the first time.  Women get the cool cabin in the foreground.

Below are a few photos of downtown Nixon.  It is located about 1 hour 15 from Austin, pretty much directly south. Nixon was founded when the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway was built through the John T. Nixon Ranch in 1906.  Population is close to some of the small towns in New Hampshire (2,000+) where Proctor Academy is located.  We were thrilled to discover discover Nixon has a Dairy Queen and an awesome donut place.  Donuts from Dave's daily run before our morning sits may not be nutritionally optimal, but they taste great.  We'll be laying in plenty of cereal, milk and OJ for our post-sit breakfasts!

Three in a Row!

The blog has been renamed to just Texas Hunts.  Going into Year 3 of the trip it seemed time to change the naming convention.  The student archers will be returning to Proctor Academy this week for the remainder of the Winter Term.  Winter term is reputed to be a long slog of Northeast cold and daylight ending too soon.  For 14 students the reward after exams will be boarding our flight to Austin Texas, where we hope the weather will be a little more friendly in 2015.  No return of the Polar Vortex, please!

This year's group includes some threepeat archers, some for their second outing and a few first-timers.  Stay tuned in the weeks to come for introductions.  Dave is organizing some visits to local indoor facilities so we can start practicing our shots - Northeast cold and short daylight means the team's 3D targets are all safely stored in the shed, but we'll still find places to send some arrows down range!

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