Tips From Me on San Antonio

If I were visiting this part of Texas again, I would spend half a day, one day tops in San Antonio. Riverwalk is fine, Alamo is a necessity, and the Tea Garden is lovely. Here are some pics from there.

 

 

I guess I had heard so much about the Riverwalk that I really wanted to be dazzled. Maybe it is better at night.

But we did find a gem or two, not in San Antonio. We went to Bandera which is about 40 or 50 miles west of San Antonio. It is the closest thing we have found to an old Texas town, one that could have had saloons and gunslingers and cowboys. We were headed to an eatery about 20 miles past Bandera that was featured on the very first Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. (Again, I watch too much TV.)_Mac and Ernies is one of two eateries waaaay out in the country. On the way there we were passed by about a dozen motorcycles. (Yes, we drive slow. Texans, you can GET OVER IT.) When we arrived, lo and behold, there was the motorcyle gang...all women, each with a prominent piece of purple clothing. Cool, huh?

 

O and some lovely young ladies came by on horseback. Yes, this is TEXAS.  I liked that, a lot.

 

  One of the featured items at Mac and Ernies (I keep wanting to call it Mcanerney's) is the cabrito burger. Who knows what a cabrito burger is? Did you guess yet? If you knew, you must post it. There is a prize. It's doe meat. (Too late, I get the prize.) In NC wouldn't we call that venison? Anyway we ordered that and a catfish dinner which we had eyed on someone else's plate as we went through the tiny dining area. And then shared with each other. The cabrito burger was very good, very lean as you would expect. The catfish was good, but it was like every other good catfish.

Ok, that was Mac and Ernie's. Cool local place. We always try to find local places. You can eat at Olive Garden any time. But who else serves a cabrito burger.

 

 

Then we went back to Bandera. It was on the way home. On the way we saw the longest horns on

longhorns I have ever seen.Those are some horny cows or maybe bulls.  I didn't check for that part. But horny, you betcha. (Hey, Warren. You liked that one, didn't you?) 

 

 We saw a lot of cars parked near the pasture where they were and thought we might get a closer look. It appeared that there was something special going on. We slowed down and were ready to park and go up to the small house. The gate (Every ranch, house, mobile home, outhhouse in Texas has a gate. Go figure.) was closed. We figured out it was a family thing. Good thing we didn't approach. I think maybe Texans still carry sidearms, though to tell the truth, I haven't seen any. But anyway, longhorn cattle are cool animals. We used to have some horns that we bought when we lived in Oklahoma. Wonder what happened to those???

 

But I digress. We drove on into Bandera. We were driving by this tiny little city park and saw cowboys and saloon girls. Whoa, Larry, stop this car. We gotta see this. It was a little play being presented by some locals about the "days of the Wild West" complete with gold (from a tooth) and a shoot out.

 

 

 

 

As you can see from the first pic, Bandera was the starting point for the cattle drive to Kansas City and even on to Omaha. Makes me think of Gunsmoke. Didn't they have cattle coming through there once in awhile.

 

OK, I'm tired of this and so are you, no doubt. Next the 11th Street Bar and Harley people. I promise to do better.

 

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