2005: Brackettville, Texas

This picture was taken near Brackettville, Texas, in August 2005. Alamo village, where the John Wayne version of The Alamo was filmed. We visited this incredibly cool slice of Texas history after attending (yes, another) YCT retreat at Concan, and floating the Frio River. I recall vividly the signs warning us about snakes - but what was truly worrisome were the free-roaming longhorn cattle! There was a John Wayne museum in the village, in addition to a Western bar where reenactors gave shows a few times a day. This mock Texas village is now closed to visitors, but we were lucky enough to get to see it before that happened.