Hoback Ranches

As we didn't have to start work until 3 PM yesterday, we took a drive to an area south of town that has been advertising 10-20 acre ranches for sale - Hoback Ranches. We are not anywhere close to buying anything in this area but we are very interested in finding good values in this area of seemingly outrageous real estate prices. These properties were within commuting distance of Jackson, and the prices were much more in line with what we thought would be traditional values. The commute would be about 40 miles, but the ranches sit 3 miles off of the main road. The winters indicate that snow mobiles would be the normal mode of transportation for folks living year-round on these ranches. The views were great, although not of the Tetons:

There were some pretty homes and log cabins that we saw along the winding road and the prices of these ranches ranged from about $50,000 for a 10 acre ranch to $200,000 plus for larger parcels with a home on them. The roads were gravel, although well maintained, and most were wooded with lots of aspens and spruce trees. Our interest in any property would be for summer use only and these would be difficult to justify as there are no stores nearby or any other sign of civilization within 15 miles of the entrance. There is plenty of wildlife in this area although all we saw was this hawk that had just flown into the top of a dead tree:

It was still a very interesting drive and gave us another opportunity to compare areas and prices.

One more day to go this week. We will probably take another drive before work today but for now it is still up in the air...