Wow. Cowboy Christmas.

So. There's somethin' you don't see every day right? This uber Christmas-y/Western-y scene is in the town of Bandera, TX. We drove down there today to check it out and to see if it lived up to it's self proclaimed title of "Cowboy Capital of the World." Well. I don't know if the folks in the picture above qualify as real cowboys or not, but they are trying harder to live outside the norm than most people I have seen around. I don't think that real cowboys use orange safety cones to guide them in the parking of their horses... but maybe after a few beers, who knows?

The drive down to Bandera was a real treat. We pulled off to the side to shoot pics enough times that what was supposed to be a 45 minute drive ended up taking 2 hours. Here are a few of my faves from today...