Back-to-School Days
n 2017, Craig and Wendi Foster, a hip empty-nester couple living in Austin and working in marketing and fashion, got tired of the grind and went looking for life at a slower pace. That’s when they found and acquired an old schoolhouse in Martindale. The population of this former agricultural town in Central Texas waned in the late 1960s, but the town remains a hot spot among paddlers dipping into the San Marcos River, as well as for filmmakers (Richard Linklater’s and Sundance entry were shot there).
