Cattle, Palm Trees and Fabulous Restrooms in San Antonio
Posted by admin - Categorized under: TravelIt was really windy when we left Houston, Texas. We were on our way to San Antonio and we had no idea that Texas could get so cold – 40 degrees! During our drive, we did our best to see the beauty in the flat land, which apparently is great for cattle, cause that’s about all we saw, was cattle grazing on flat land. We wondered how hard it was for the ranchers to find and round up all their cattle. My boyfriend told me cowboys wore chaps to prevent the mesquite trees and live oak from scratching their legs up. He said they even made their horses wear leather from the neck down to the horses chest.
I saw my very first prickly-pear cactus fence (poor mans version of a fence), seems very effective, I certainly wouldn’t even try to walk through them, the prickly-pears were too close together. My boyfriend was very knowledgeable about what we were seeing on our drive. I don’t remember Sky King, the TV show, but he does and he told me it had something to do with the King Ranch in Texas, which covers a million acres. He also pointed out some Santa Gertrudis cattle, saying they were developed in Texas and also the Quarter horse. We past by what Texans call ‘Mexican’ cattle, they have shorter horns and are smaller than the longhorns.
Then we began to see palm trees! This we started seeing billboards advertising a gas station called Buc Cee’s, and each billboard said something different about what we’ll find at Buc Cee’s, like a gift shop, fabulous restrooms, a bakery, a convenience store, a gas station, and every billboard had a beaver on it. We couldn’t resist, so we stopped and they really did have a fabulous restroom, decorated with cowhides and western art. We didn’t stay long, it was just a curiosity for us. Back on the rode, we saw the tall buildings of San Antonio in the distance. We were eager to find a room , and rest for the rest of the day. Later on, in the evening we hoped to do some fine dinning and order some steak, cause we’re pretty sure it will be just as fabulous as Buc Cee’s restrooms.
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