Wild, Wild West fun

Feb 25/2019 Weather  64/38  
The weather is up and down so we are hanging out in Fredericksburg today.  You could spend a month here and not see all the cowboy shops, historic German influenced buildings and homes and restaurants and wineries.  This is the new Napa valley of Texas.   There are several wine tours you can take, and it is on our list to do maybe next time. 

German lunch sampler platter

We are trying to "eat" our way through town!!!  Everyday another lunch at another place.  If you like BBQ or German you will be a happy camper here.  Billy keeps thinking he should get a pair of cowboy boots so off we go in search of what will be a tricky expedition (maybe you need to be born a cowboy wearing boots?)  All the experts tell him if they fit properly they will be the best thing for his feet but his legs, knees and feet say otherwise.....  5 minutes into trying them on and walking around - from the knee down he hurts!  But it was fun and we went into a place where Cowboys like their boots and their hats, George Strait and Brad Paisley have been known to shop here.  What about a Cowboy hat ??? I think it would hurt less for Billy to get a hat. :)

When you enter the store , look up and see this sign!  Good Old George is held in high regard in Texas

Cowboys and their hats and boots

Headquarters Hats in the old Fredericksburg Bank

We parked outside Texas Jacks Wild West Outfitters.  We popped in there and snoop around.  All wild west stuff 1870's , clothes, boots, hats, buckles, ropes, dusters, and famous replica guns. The western firearms at Texas Jacks are Cimarron Firearms a top brand of imported western pistols, rifles and shotguns.

replicas of Sharpe rifles

We read all the Craig Johnson books of Longmire who is the Sheriff of Absaroka County in Wyoming.  (no he is not real, yet we talk like he is)    In the books there are often references to the old Indian Sharpe rifles.  Guess what is at Texas Jacks?  Yes the Cimarron replicas .   Not to mention all the firearms in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, True Grit, Tombstone, Quigley Down Under.  We had no idea what we were looking at but the fellow behind the counter was a wealth of information and so friendly and interesting to talk to.