When people come to the Big South Fork National Park for the wonderful trail riding, they get "hooked" and they start thinking of how they can come more often.
They may be several years from retirement, not ready or able to buy a cabin, but already committed. They decide they want to live in one of the equestrian communities abutting Big South Fork, where they can access the trail system directly from their property, so they buy a piece of land.
They start with bare bones. They may have some clearing done and get up a little fencing, or put up a pipe corral. It doesn't take much to put in a gravel drive, with a pad to park a trailer on. They pay the tap fee and put in a hydrant. The electric panel is a couple hundred bucks.
They'll want a firepit, for sitting around in the evening. Out comes the grill and they're "good to go."
These pictures were taken at Ridge Top Acres, one of the equestrian communities here in Jamestown, Tennessee.
It's not long before they start thinking about how nice it would be to have a little barn or horse shelter, a place to store a few bales of hay and shavings, a place to put tack away. Riding by, it's interesting to see how people begin to sink some roots, to meet the neighbors and make friends and, pretty soon, there's a new pile of lumber being delivered!
For information about Big South Fork real estate or horse properties in Jametown, Tennessee, go to www.trailridersrealestate.com
There's also a lot of information about the area on Tennessee Recreational Properties' website.
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