Halloween House (Round Rock, TX) -- October 2016

On a side street off of Red Bun Lane in eastern Round Rock is a place which in October becomes the Halloween House.  I was introduced to this a few years earlier by my then-neighbors, when we drove over to see the decorations.  I've gone over every year since.  During the month of October, a whole ton of Halloween decorations come out and cover the yard on this corner lot.  (During the month of December, holiday decorations come up, and it's call the "Christmas House.")

I'd had an opportunity to speak to the owners at one point, who decided to do this because they like having fun.  The yard by the pool and some of the interior would get decorated as well, as on one day towards the end of the month they'd give a guided tour to the public to see the inside decorations.  Because I'd showed up there solo one time, and no one else was present, I was given a sneak peak.  While the parents were all-in for the decorations, the kids sitting in the living room doing their homework were not amused.  I'm sure they were sick of having strangers in the house.

Over the years, the amount of stuff they had out has lessened to a great degree, but their usual items (Peanuts, Nightmare Before Christmas, and such) were still present.  A year or two before, a number of houses in the area had followed suit so there was a whole Halloween street going on.  This year there wasn't as much.  Still take the opportunity to go and visit them yourself.