Local Places

I'm from a small New England town in Connecticut so coming to Texas for college was a huge culture shock. I live in a historical district where most of the houses are from the colonial period. It's a really great place to live if your into early American history because everything has a historical story linked to it. The beginnings of the Episcopalian Church began in a house down the road from me and every year there is a little colonial fair called Colonel Mustard day and has revolutionary war demonstrations, wool carding, candle making and other early American activities. Of course this probably would not be a place for everyone to live, however its charm and aesthetic appeal attracts a lot of NYC people that want second homes in the quiet country. One of my favorite places is the Hollow park that has a secret rope swing amongst the old trees that will drop you into the river. Another place is the fire tower, which is a hike up one of the small foothills in Woodbury that brings you to an old fire watch tower that puts the viewer on top of the tree canopy and you can see the whole valley that Woodbury resides in. This is especially scenic if it is around late september or october because the trees look like they've been set on fire. This fire tower is also kindof special to me because it has been graffitied with love proclamations, random thoughts, and of course some inevitable profanity. Standing in the little tower makes me think of all the people that have come here where I am standing to gaze out upon the little town that we all live in. The high school sweethearts, hikers, families, and the troublemakers that are responsible for the smashed beer bottles below all seem to have immortalized themselves on the metal, creating a new contribution of history to the town of Woodbury, a history that I have been a part of.