Started the day with a relaxing coffee break outside, meeting the neighbors who are darling! A newlywed couple, 80 and 76 years old, ranchers who lost their mates and met at a Llano library grief support group, first date was to Walmart and lunch, and are now enjoying retired life in the travel trailer with their two dogs! Learned all that before breakfast, but they are both so cute, could take them home!! We got moving by noon and headed to "downtown" Kerrville to get some business taken care of - taxes printed and finances arranged by bank and Office Max. And found pet store with Sara's dog food. Then on the road to find Bandera, "Cowboy Capital of the World". On the way, we passed Camp Verde, which is a blip on the map, but best known for hosting the U.S. Camel Corps in 1856! Apparently, the US Government imported camels from Africa and Turkey to use as pack animal transportation across the southwest. Unfortunately, they caused fear amongst the horses, and soldiers hated their smell, so the "Camel Corp" was eventually phased out, but is remembered here at the site of old Fort Verde - who knew?! But, we loved the Camp Verde General Store and restaurant on the site - had a great lunch of pulled pork sandwich with cabbage slaw and watermelon rind BBQ sauce served with hand cut fries that were also exceptional. The whole establishment has the feel of a hacienda with outdoor gardens, shade trees, patios with a huge fireplace, front porches looking over Verde Creek, a country store, and beautiful restrooms!! Could have stayed there all day, especially since I had to pass on gelato because lunch was so big! I think I've got the recipe for the sauce (jar of pickled watermelon rind blenderized with Cattleman's BBQ sauce, or so they say!) - would have loved to buy their sauce, but they don't sell it :( Next we were on the road to Bandera, enjoying the river crossings, fancy Texas ranches with bison, long horn steer, goats, and horses (but no more camels!). Bandera is a cowboy town settled by Polish settlers!? So we have biker bars and St Stanislaw Catholic Parish - what a mix! The Wednesday night activity at the Eleventh Street Cowboy Bar is a barbeque where you bring your own meat to grill on their smokers, and you buy your sides and drinks at the bar. If you get there early, dogs are welcome also!! (Crowds build up later). Looked fun, but we were still full from lunch, and I didn't have my Cowboy boots on!! We drove back to Kerrville via a windy mountain road in the "hill country" - bigger than hills, but not the Rockies either! Route 16 was a little challenging in the RV, but lots of great scenery! We arrived back at the Kerrville RV Park and reported in to our "rancher neighbors" - we had questions about why the fences around these ranches are all about 10 feet tall, never saw such high fences! They tell us that's to keep wild game in (if they allow hunting on their ranch), or keep them out if they are protecting their animals from wild boar or other attacking game. Apparently, wild boar are very damaging to the land, burrow into big holes in the ground and create dangerous ground for the horses, and have huge numbers of offspring (20 or more babies) per litter, yet are supposedly very tasty! Again, who knew?! Learning so much here!