I'm a Longhorn football fan and I have been ever since I was a little kid. In case anyone is interested, here is the UT football schedule for this fall:
| Sept. 5 | Louisiana-Monroe | Home |
| Sept. 12 | Wyoming | Away |
| Sept. 19 | Texas Tech | Home |
| Sept. 26 | U.T. El Paso | Home |
| Oct. 10 | Colorado | Home |
| Oct. 17 | Oklahoma | Dallas |
| Oct. 24 | Missouri | Away |
| Oct. 31 | Oklahoma State | Away |
| Nov. 7 | Central Florida | Home |
| Nov. 14 | Baylor | Away |
| Nov. 21 | Kansas | Home |
| Nov. 26 | Texas A&M | Away |
I have a feeling that the game against Kansas might have a lot of Lake Travis folks at the game. Todd Reesing of Kansas and Gerrett Gilbert of UT were both Lake Travis High School stand-out quarterbacks. I don't know if Gilbert will get any playing time, but it would be fun to see him play against his old teammate.
If you know anyone interested in buying a home in Austin or in Lake Travis waterfront property, have them get in touch with me at 512-293-2422.
If you were to drive into Lakeway on 620 from the south and then turn on to Lohman's Crossing, you would think that things are pretty busy in Lakeway. That is because you would drive by two large construction sites. The first is the Lakeway Regional Medical Center, which is going up right by the Lake Travis ISD offices.
Then on Lohman's Crossing you would go by what will be Tuscan Village, a retirement community being developed in Lakeway. But don't let those two projects deceive you, Lakeway home sales are pretty slow. June of this year saw 22 single-family homes sell in Lakeway. In 2008 that number was 25 - about the same. However, in June of 2007, 38 Lakeway homes sold.
So is it a good time to buy in Lakeway? Money is still cheap and there is a lot of competition, so there may be deals to be had. With school starting in about a month, people who really need to sell know that now is the time they need to be agressive.
I got a phone call from a guy in Florida last Monday. He said that he felt a spiritual connection to Austin and wanted to help alleviate our drought. He offered to come to Lake Travis and do ceremonies to tell the rain where to fall. If what he did worked, they guy told me that he would accept donations.
Then I got a call yesterday from a guy telling me that he had a device to shoot a plasma beam into the air to make it rain. He too didn't expect compensation until after he made it rain.
Both of these guys sounded very serious and the stories they had sounded like some really great science fiction.
Granted, Lake Travis waterfront isn't looking that great right now, but I am not going to host somone from a sci-fi phone call.
Anyone else getting calls like these?
If you are looking for Lake Travis waterfront property, look at my previous post about Austin drought photos.
I have two points that the photos illustrate quite well. First, if you are looking at a Lake Travis home and it has a boat dock that is still floating, the property should have good water almost every year. The lake is at its fourth lowest level ever and the last time that happened was back in 1984. In other words, if a home has good water now, it should have had good water for the last 25 years and it should have good water most years in the future.
Second, if you are looking for a Lake Travis waterfront lot and come across a waterfront lot, you need to know the elevation of the build site. Two of the photos in my last point offer good illustrations of lots that are well within the Lake Travis floodplain.
Of course there is much more to buying Lake Travis waterfront property, but these two things are critical to know. If you have questions, give me a call at 512-293-2422 or email me.
I just got back from the Lakeway City Park, which is usually waterfront, to take some photos showing how low Lake Travis is. The lake is about 43 feet below its full level and these Lake Travis photographs tell it all.
Lake Travis should be about 10-15 feet below the cliffs this time of year.
This shot shows a sailboat and several docks on dry groung. Notice the house on stilts? The lowest level of heated and cooled living space needs to be one foot above the floodplain. That elevation is 723 feet above sea level. The full level of Lake Travis is 681 feet and today the lake is at 638 feet.
What we would usually see from here is Murst Harbor Marina and the floating restaurant, Johnny Fins.
One thing you can see here is a boat ramp from Sail and Ski Marina. Perhaps they should take advantage of the drought and extend the ramp farther into Lake Travis. You can also see the concrete blocks the marina uses to anchor to.
Here is another house on stilts on the Hurst Creek Arm of Lake Travis. There is an 85 foot difference between the first floor of living space of this Lake Travis home and the level of the water today.
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