Bandera, TX Volksmarch Event
05/14/2005

The walk start at the Bandera City Park.

Large hollow tree.

Views of the Medina River.

Walkers coming along behind us.

Cliffs along the river.

There was an optional 2K hike to the Silver Spur Dance Hall.  These walkers are returning from there.

The Silver Spur Dance Hall.

Mable working checkpoint at optional 2K turnaround.

Lenore inside the dancehall.

Near view of the Medina River below

Far view of the courthouse, a church steeple and the water tower.

Amigo Ambler.

Buzzard's resting in a dead tree.

Carol, Lenore and two other walkers on the trail.

St. Stanislaus Catholic Church (1876) pictured below. Sixteen Polish families settled in Bandera in Feb. 1855. They built a log church at this same site and named it after St. Stanislaus, the patron saint of Poland. This is the second oldest Polish parish in the U.S.

Bandera County Courthouse (1890).

Checkpoint and walkers.

Mural on the wall behind checkpoint.

Checkpoint volunteers were Mr. and Mrs. Walker

One of several designs on light poles in town.

A cowboy climbing on the hotel.

Guns used as doorhandles to an art gallery.

Advertisement on the side of the saloon.

Checkpoint volunteer out at Lake Hiawatha.

Unusual cactus blossom.

Heading back into town from Lake Hiawatha.

Bandera Public Library.

Back by the same checkpoint. The Walkers had been replaced.

Back at the finish table.