Seven-year-old
Samantha Murray gazed
northward off the back porch of the Cordillera Ranch Clubhouse.“I can see the ocean from here!” she told her dad, Ron, a San Diego native. The sun was setting on a mild February evening. A soft haze hung over the smooth hills of the Texas Hill Country. Indeed, the horizon resembled a rolling sea. It took a child to notice.
Oceanfront property is not yet an amenity of Cordillera Ranch. Nevertheless, residents Dawn and Ron Murray traded California’s coastal views for Cordillera’s family-friendly feel four years ago. They also traded crowds, traffic and a state income tax. “We got a 13 percent raise when we moved here!” Ron noted. The Murrays’ 14-year-old son Connor, didn’t mind the move. The high school freshman plays trumpet in the Boerne High band and ventures to NASA’s space camp each summer. “I like it better here,” Connor said. “We can own guns.” Connor and his sophomore brother Parker, 15, frequent the Cordillera Ranch Rod & Gun Club to shoot clays and rifle targets. Also a space camp regular, Parker is active in Boerne
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