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appliances, artwork – everything! We autumn, they were definitely spring. Del Web Boulevard and encountered a
would start retirement with a clean slate. stark naked byway with saplings tethered
As we decided to explore more practical to posts, a fierce wind yanking at their
And so, the search for our new home options, we recalled our days living in slender stalks. Flapping plastic flags
began. Until we found a new place, we Dallas back in the 1990s. While visiting in shepherded the car in the right direction
would be staying with our daughter in Austin, Terry’s friend Martha mentioned past signs promising amenity centers and
the Rollingwood/West Lake Hills area that her parents had just retired and golf courses. The landscape was beautiful,
south of Austin. The cottage had sold in moved to Sun City. At the time, there but our imaginations just could not make
just one day, leaving us lucky enough to had been no immediate need to scope out the jump. In any case, what difference
begin house hunting with cash in hand. a retirement community for ourselves. did it make to us? We were just stopping
Regardless, we thought, “What the heck, bye to say howdy to Martha’s folks, not
New condos were going up on Town Lake let’s check it out!” and set off to see where to be critics.
and in Zilker Park, where the annual Martha’s parents had retired. Georgetown
Austin City Limits festival is held. It had always been someplace we’d wanted to We pulled up to a cozy, garden-style home
was hip, we could walk to wonderful explore. The domed courthouse was visible shaded by a mature cedar elm and a tall
restaurants and we would be near the from I-35, and the town was rumored to sycamore. Shrubs and flower beds ringed
water. But as we met more and more feature the sort of shops and tree-lined the walkways. A small, artfully styled
of our would-be neighbors, we began to streets that one imagines finding in the patio anchored the backyard, proudly
wonder: would we fit in? Area residents perfect small American town. displaying a brand new, built-in grill
were mostly 30-somethings, doctors and and completing the home’s relaxing motif.
lawyers with shaved heads and stubbly With this vision in mind, we were quite Well-appointed and charming, it seemed
beards, racing bicycles and obsessively surprised when we made the turn from
trim, fit and very, very busy. If we were Andice Road (today Williams Drive) onto Continued on the next page
The Lyttons were surprised by how much Sun City had changed since their first visit twenty years ago. Personal touches, designed and
developed by Terry, allowed them to push their Neighborhood 59 house into their long-imagined dream home.
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