Yesterday we took a field trip to nearby Bandera, Texas. It is proclaimed the "Cowboy Capital of the World" because in the 1800's, cattle drives originated here and then went north to trains and markets in the East. Today this small city, population about 900, consists mostly of restaurants and cowboy clothing stores and a few tourist places along Main Street. We visited Bandera to check out whether our church group, Seekers, might like to visit in the spring. There is a rather interesting museum and many buildings dating back to the 1800's built of stone. The Polish also settled here in the late 1800's and founded a catholic church which is the second oldest church in Texas.
We enjoyed our visit and tried out a restaurant, eating outside, and thoroughly enjoying the fall weather. Then we wandered back to Kerrville on a different road which took us through Medina, which has apples as its claim to fame. We stopped but were disappointed to see very few apples for sale. They did have apple pies for sale for about $25 each which we thought was expensive. So no pie rode home with us. It was a fun diversion and the fall leaf scenery much enjoyed. Happy travels. PS - I wanted a piece of apple pie for dinner. Tough!
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