Martha and I drove the Honda CR-V the 30+ miles or so to Bandera, TX today, to check out the sights of this small town with such a big claim.
Bandera: Spanish word for Flag. Interesting name for a town don't you think? One of the plaques below should explain things better.
After a brief stop for Martha to get her giggles at the Trump Store:
photo by Martha
We visited the town's Frontier Museum. Here's some of the stuff that caught my eye among the many, many items from "back in the day".
A safe made out of a large canon's breech.
It being the Chinese Lunar New Year, we had lunch at the local Chinese restaurant. it was "OK".
The Heritage Park had this statue of a Cowboy in action along with informative plaques about the town, its title and some history:
Of course, many stores selling souvenirs and knick-knacks for the tourists.
photo by Martha
A representative example of the several stores' offerings
photo by Martha
photo by Martha
Martha seemed fascinated by the vintage Tupperware....
photo by Martha
We returned to camp by mid-afternoon. RichardM once again fed us a nice dinner in the evening. A good day!
2 comments:
Did not realize Bandera had become such a tourist track. Has been 20-30 years since I went through there.
Nearby is Medina, one of the few apple growing areas in Texas.
There was a great French restaurant in Castroville, which I thought was a strange twist in a town called Castroville. Might be gone now as COVID torpedoed many great dining establishments.
The Texas Hill Country is pretty and has a lot of neat towns with some great history. It looks like you had plenty of great things to spend your money on :)
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