Arriving in Texas Hill Country

Kerrville, Texas is our home base for a month.  The city is north of San Antonio in the middle of the state.

 

Needles of Cypress trees turning color along the Guadalupe River.  Many scenic roads lead to small towns in Hill Country.

 

 

 

Camp Verde was established in 1857 with a General Store and Post Office. It is now a gift shop and restaurant.  The U.S. War Department used this site in 1857-69 to conduct an experiment using camels.

 



 



Comfort, TX bills itself as "The Antique Town" as we think most of the building are the National Historical Register.

 



 

The town was established by German Settlers in 1854.  They were known as Freethinkers who were seeking religious and political freedom.

 

 

Old country architecture shows on this home decorated for the holidays.

 

 

Cast iron traffic controls manufactured in 1910 dot the major intersections in the town of Comfort.  These buttons were used before stop signs and traffic lights. We assume there must have been red reflective glass in the crescent shaped front opening.

 







Las Cruces, New Mexico

Taking a break in Las Cruces, New Mexico to visit our favorite market and eat great Mexican food.

Downtown Main Street Plaza just reopened after a renovation.  The Saturday market was in full swing under a canopy of trees showing their Fall colors.

 

It might look messy but this plate sure was good.

 

 

 
Near the Historical Church Square, we purchased a new decoration made from locally grown red chili peppers.



Texas Winter Trip 2012

First visit on our winter trip was Tombstone, Arizona.

 

 

Tombstone was founded in 1877 and became the center of silver mining.  The fast growing town had over 100 saloons, many restaurants and a red light district. It is also the home to Boothill Cemetery which includes victims of shootouts.

 







The Gunfight at the OK Corral happened in 1881 between the Cowboysand Virgil, Morgan & Wyatt Earp with help from friend Doc Holiday.

 

 

 

The Cowboys lost Billy Clayton, Tom & Frank McLaury in the fight which lasted 24 seconds and 30 shots.

 

 

 

We met our friends Bob & Donna Shea and had lunch at the Crystal Palace. The real town Marshall who is the only person who carries a real six shooter shared stories with us about the town and his life history.  Born in Texas, he moved to England, married in South Africa and retired in Tombstone.