The setting sun gave the rolling hills a golden glow as I drove to my home for the night, Dry Hollow Hideaway, a 700-acre ranch about seven miles outside Paint Rock.

In fact, peace and quiet runs deep in these hills, and it’s a shame not to soak up as much of it as possible. A perfect spot to do just that is Dry Hollow Hideaway, a guesthouse of native stone encircled by a 12-foot-wide porch on Charles and Nancy Becker’s 700-acre ranch.