Day Thirty Four: The Wild West.. 11/11/08

That's right folks, we're in the wild wild west now!! We're in a small town called Bracketville, and as I mentioned we're staying in a resort inside Fort Clark. It's a military base dating back as far as 1852, but before that the land was occupied by Comanche, Apache and other Indian tribes. I'm sure we'll learn more about it tomorrow because we spend most of today on the road and arrived late enough. It's pretty cool around here. There are deer and wild turkey that freely roam the RV park, and when we went for a walk earlier there was a little armadillo running along the road beside us (before Brian chased it down a drain). The people, like in every other place we've been to, are more than friendly. We were invited to a "Pot Luck" here in the park. Basically everybody that goes brings some food and then they put it all together and have a big meal. We felt bad that we didn't go when the lady that runs the park brought us over a selection of home made deserts. Apparently she is going around telling everybody that our accents are "neat". We'll have an early start tomorrow because there is loads of things we want to do. The first place we're going to visit is Alamo Village. It was built as a movie set for John Wayne's' 1959 film The Alamo. I don't think it's an occupied village. It was purpose built to replicate a genuine old west village. There are no fake fronts or backdrops and all the buildings are real, so it should be fun exploring the place.