Spending a little time in Texas.
Bandera, a great little town (1,000 pop.) west of San Antonio, known as the "Cowboy Capital of the World.
The court house is so typical of the style seen throughout Texas.
If you like to dance this is a great place for that. Seven bars/dance halls
in town so you can dance to live music any evening plus weekend days.
The Great Western Cattle Trail began in Bandera and in the years 1874-1894
about 7 million cattle and horses were driven from here to Kansas,
Nebraska, and some on into Canada.
The Bandera Gunfighters perform each week in downtown Bandera.
I love the live oak trees here in the RV park.
Each morning I walk Parker on the park trail that leads to the
Medina River--about 1.5 miles RT.
In town is the Frontier Times Museum--great displays from earlier times
in Texas.
A friend and I made a trip into San Antonio to tour the Alamo.
This model in the visitor center shows the attack by Mexican General Santa Ana
on the morning of March 6, 1836. Circled is the chapel --what we now call the Alamo,
but was only a small part of the entire complex.
Later we had lunch along the River Walk in San Antonio.
Locally I attended a barrel racing event.
We went back into San Antonio for the big Stock Show and Rodeo.
As you can tell our seats were high above the arena.
Calf roping.
Another day we drove north to the old German settled town of Fredericksburg.
The Catholic Church here was built in 1909.
Inside the Catholic Church.
Admiral Nimitz was born here in Fredericksburg and a great museum
is dedicated to him.
Associated with the Nimitz Museum is the National Museum of the Pacific War.
This is the best WWII museum I've ever seen. Six different areas take you through
the war with amazing displays, photos, audio, and authentic equipment. Here the Avenger.
An outdoor display of a landing at Tarawa Beach.
Part of the indoor displays in the George H.W. Bush Museum. I thought
this might be a personal museum but it's not. Certainly worth a visit if
you're in the area.
Back in Bandera for the Cowboy Mardi Gras. A big event in town with
parade, vendors, dances, and a gumbo cook off. Big floats...
Little floats...
and along with lots of horses were the local camels.
It's been a fun time but soon I'm moving on to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
where I've volunteered for the past 2 years. Then I'll join up with
the WINs for the summer tour in New Mexico.
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