Bandera was a ton of fun, thanks to Mimi for a job well done as event coordinator :)  
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​This is our horse's owner's group photo.  Complete with our horse :)

A lull in the action afforded our jockey, Bill, and our horse, Liberty, a much needed rest from the torrid pace!

It appears someone lost a bet.

Let's be clear, the above caption pertains to the previous picture of the gentleman with the colorful hat.

On the way to our next destination we stopped at yet another Mexican restaurant :)

This came up too fast for us to hook up and skeedaddle!

Quarter size hail, did not do any damage this time.  One was golf ball sized!  The one in my hand was a typical size; I wasn't about to forage out to retrieve the lone golf ball sized one!!  Some of the Ford trucks had some damage because of their aluminum construction.

We've been here a week or so waiting for the rally to start and had a chance to visit a few sights.

We stopped at Toucan Jim's, a pirate themed restaurant with plenty of seating options!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, here are a few more pictures at the park.

This old, old, longhorn hangs out in the shade most of the day.

These 2 donkeys ended up on the wrong side of the fence somehow :)  They were successfully corralled.  No animals were harmed in this valiant undertaking... 

A breath of cool air can always be found down by the river :)

We don't really need to be careful around these gals; they're painted stones lol!

Here's another visit to an old, well-visited restaurant, Camp Verde.  ​Camp Verde started out as a United States Army post in 1855. This post was where researchers looked into the feasibility of camels in the United States. Researchers noticed that other animals panicked at the smell of camels. So, They decided against using camels and released them from the facility to roam around as they please. Residents, at this time, described that there were several beasts roaming the area. These “beasts” they referred to was the Army post’s camels. In 1861, Confederate Forces captured Camp Verde. Egyptian handlers took the camels and used them to haul cotton to Mexico. Soon after, the camels were sold to different zoos and circuses.
Today, Camp Verde is a community consisting of a cemetery, a general store, and remains of the military post. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

And, of course, a couple of pig themed items were found and made their way back to our trailer!

We're now at Skyline Ranch RV Park.  Here we'll attend another Casita Rally called Blue Bonnet.  It's an annual rally this time of year in Bandera.  It's our first time here and are looking forward to making new friends and learning some new tunes :)  We ran into a couple we met 4 years ago at our first rally at Pine Knot in Grapeland, Tx.

Charlotte and Wayne are about the sweetest couple you'd ever want to meet.  Another guitar player and ukulele/dulcimer player we're sure to have a great time with!

Our parking spot for the next 10 days.

Right down the gravel road from our spot is this beautiful, peaceful stream.

I thought Wendy was beside me taking a picture of the stream but instead was mischievously taking a "selfie"  :) 

We've been at Goodfellow for 9 days!  It's been pretty low key.  We're just passing time 'til 19th of this month to attend another rally in Bandera, Texas.  We did have a little excitement one night.  
A very fast developing storm had us departing our campsite in minutes a few nights ago.  So many things done wrong...  60 mph winds, 1+ inch hailstones, and a tornado in the mix had us running to beat the storm.  We took only what was necessary and left everything else behind.  We saw that that there was a clear path out of the storm's way so we decided to go.  The storm was 2 counties away and we felt we could escape safely.  Wendy was busy on her tablet and phone plotting out our path and watching the storm.  We have talked about what we would do in a situation like this but never considered an immediate departure at night.  I think we did the best we could under the circumstances but realize there is room for improvement.  Well, we safely evaded the storm.  No hail or heavy rain was encountered.  So, all went pretty well.  Until we came back to the campground.....  It's my first time driving at night with the camper and setting up.  I pulled a real dumb-dumb.  I figured to use the dump site on the way back into camp to save a trip later.  I thought all was going well until I saw a recoil of some sort in the side view mirror as I pulled away.  I just knew I returned the septic hose to it's place but I wasn't 101% sure so I stopped and looked around.  The septic hose was indeed all locked up safely in its compartment.  But I had driven off with the water hose still attached to the black tank rinse spigot.  The water hose stretched until it could stretch no more.  I bent the water main over to a 45 degree angle and popped the campground hose end off.  I had the water shut off and the water stand pipe, although bent, did not leak.  I'll own up to the campground admin folks in the AM.

Our spot for the duration...plenty of sand spurs!  Watch out Belle and Max (our adopted pets back in Pinopolis)!  

We did get to a Mexican restaurant, imagine that...our favorite food!

Thankfully, no live ones up there to ruin our dinner!