Yeah, we put down a deposit on the 17.65 acres in Panola County;
Got a substantial discount off the asking price, too. We did OK.. I'm pretty excited!
My No. 2 Son was even more excited than me, I think, and talked us into breaking it in with a 'fishing trip' yesterday evening;
Dustin is 2nd from the left, in the black T-shirt.
This is where we tossed our lines;
It's very small, maybe 3/8th of an acre. Not even worthy of the name 'pond', in Mississippi vernacular it's a 'pool'. No, we didn't catch anything. Only because these geniuses forgot to buy bait, though, and were using artificial lures. I'm pretty sure there's a few bream in there, and could be convinced to take proper (IOW live) bait.
A good time was had by all, nevertheless. More than a few beers were consumed, which pretty much guaranteed a good time just walking the property. There's a natural run at the very back of the property, and we saw much deer sign. I may have to take up hunting again...
Here's a shot of the two antique barns;
The one on the left will be razed, most likely, but I will save the one on the right. It's 150 years old if it's a day, and is of log construction at it's core. Logs which were cut on the land, I have no doubt. The original structure was covered with a stick and plank veneer maybe 50 to 60 years later, and the whole thing has a marvelous.. well, if it was a watch you'd say 'patina'. But, for all that, it is still an amazingly solid structure.
What's that? What about the old house I
mentioned earlier (and which is pictured in the realtor's ad)? Well, an amazing
thing happened there. The owner sold it to the man who owns the adjacent
property, and they've already started the process of moving it. This was the
real 
as I was planning
on demolishing it anyway. But the fact that the owner sold it gave me the
leverage to say "WTF?! Last time I looked at the place it had a house on it!
Now I've got to buy a moblile home. You gotta come down off the
asking price." 
Add it up, and I
probably saved a cool $6 to $8K. 
Biggest problem so far? No landline
broadband at this locale. So I'll be forced to do 
over dialup, or go with
satellite (which I abhor). 
-Ricky
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The ironic thing is,
you COULD make one helluva a motorcross track on this land.. as long as you were
willing to dedicate is solely to that. I'm not! 
) dream home. 
