Yes, The Free State of Bandera.  Now that is not a disrespectable statement because there is so much freedom in Bandera to just be yourself, even if you want to be someone else. No one is judged by what they wear or how they dress or what they drive.  You know that a lot of cowboys ride their horse to the night spots because they do not give tickets for riding your horse home when a little intoxicated.  Matter of fact the horses know their way home, so no head on wrecks etc.

However, today while going through Bandera we stopped at The OST Restaurant to get some of their very good Mexican food.  Now you can expect to see just about anything on the streets of Bandera, no  surprise because each day there is another surprise.  Well today as we walked to the front door of The OST there was a young man with his baby camel on the sidewalk talking to some visitors, nothing new just Bandera.

After we finished eating and were walking around the corner we saw Mr. Buffalo with his baby camel so we stopped to take their picture and ask a question or two.  Mr. Buffalo, not his real name, has three month old  Clarence, the baby camel and he brings him to town on the weekends so people can pet him and take his picture.  The reason they call him Mr. Buffalo is because he also has a baby Buffalo that he brings to town for the same reason.  People love baby animals no matter how big the baby.  So when in Bandera, just act as if you knew you would see things that you did not think that you would see.

 Mr Buffalo & Clarence The Camel  on the streets of Bandera.