In the Boondocks...

I drove to San Saba, Texas (aka wherethehellarewe, TX) to watch Carl play with a band at an awards show. But not just ANY awards show...The San Saba Awards. At first I thought they just chose a cowboy theme for the event, but no. These were genuine dudes and dudettes.

Naturally, they were serving BBQ. And I was sitting by myself while the band played, so EVERY server in the joint offered me a plate. When the first guy offered, I politely declined, explaining I'm a vegetarian. I have never seen such a disgusted look! I felt like I told him I was a child molester or something.

Only in Texas do they serve pickles & onions as a side dish:
















I tried to ride the hay bale, but it wasn't in the mood.

















As soon as they were done playing, we got the hell out of dodge. The one gas station in town was closed, so we started to make our way back to civilization. Our gas light was on the whole time and it made me realize that it has been a long time since I lived out far enough where there's a good possibility that you could run out of gas before coming across the next service station!

When we finally found a Texaco, I was pretty excited to see huge pallets of "Deer Corn" for sale at every pump:

















Thank you, Austin, for being the only livable city in Texas. :)