Rockin J Ranch

The line above from one of most read books of the 20th century could easily have been a mantra for the developers of Rockin’ J Ranch, the Hill Country community that was founded on old fashioned ideals and solid, core values. It was the land that drew Colonel Lee Roper, founder of Rinco – the parent company of Rockin’ J Ranch – to the region and enamored him to the site about four miles south of Blanco and about a half-hour north of the San Antonio city limit. “We enjoy it here,” said the 95-year-old Roper, who moved to the Canyon Lake area from El Paso in 1980. “As we were told when we first came here, the Texas Hill Country is some of the most sought-after property in the United States. The land that became Rockin’ J Ranch is 45 minutes from metropolitan areas like Austin and San Antonio, but we are light years away in tranquility.” The unique livability of Rockin’ J Ranch helps residents get away from it all while sacrificing nothing as far as

amenities and convenience. It is a fully gated community whose original ranch presence was preserved by incorporating some of the 150-year old homes and landmarks into the community’s clubhouse and the golf course design. “Our location is one of our greatest selling points and has become even more so over the life of this community,” said Ryan Brubaker, the long-time sales manager at Rockin J’ Ranch. The community wasplated on a wide series of hills and plateaus amongst rolling fields of flowers and stands of oak and cedar trees. The natural land offers habitat to all kinds of wildlife, perfect for great photography and seclusion and a desired quality of life that’s hard to match. One of the unique features of Rockin’ J Ranch is its use of a centralized water and sewer system rather than the well water and septic fields employed in the majority of other Hill Country developments. Less than 10 percent of the original 1,800 homesites in the 1,064-acre community are still available for purchase and there’s no slowdown in sight for sales. You can still buy land at Rockin’ J Ranch land on a handshake agreement and – if you put 50 percent down – take three years to pay off that parcel with zero interest. And there’s no deadline on building a home on your property here because Rinco of Texas, Inc., the developer of Rockin’ J Ranch and 23 other communities around the region, is in the land business and is not a home builder. One of Rockin’ J Ranch’s top amenities is Vaaler Creek Golf Club, the centerpiece of the community and one of the top- ranked public golf courses in the Austin-San Antonio corridor. All real estate sales include basic membership to the golf club. The course was the first signature design by Michael Lowry, who fashioned a much-tougher-than-its-carded 6,874- yard, par-72 track among live oak and cactus. Lowry routed the layout along the rolling, scrub brush-filled prairies. Throughout the round a golfer will play through many cool features such as ponds, sand hazards of various sizes, elevated tee shots and wavy, tree-lined fairways. Both nines at Vaaler Creek GC offer far-reaching views of the surrounding region and the generous homesite setbacks mean that the the houses near the course are mostly out of sight and unobtrusive, adding to the course’s isolated feel.