Only in Texas

During our recent trip to Texas, we saw a few things that we are not used to here in Florida. I thought it might be fun to point out a few of them. Disclaimer: no offense intended to any Texan readers, ie: Patti.
News flash to Texas in general. "Sweet iced tea" means I want sweetened tea with ice in it. "No lemon" means I don't want lemon in it. Nor do I want peaches floating in it - lol! Wow! This was some seriously nasty-tasting sweet iced tea. Apparently in Texas they serve you raspberry flavored tea with peaches floating in it. We saw this at three different restaurants, so it seems to be the norm. When the waiter sat this glass in front of me at the Olive Garden, I asked him what it was. He told me it was what I had ordered. I just started laughing, poked the peach to the bottom of the glass with a fork, and drank it anyway. So funny!

Unless you follow my facebook page, you probably don't recognize the above. Not just found in Texas, but it happened there and I liked it, so you get to see it :O). This was a reflection made on our hotel room wall by the sun shining through our peephole on the door.

Lost any chickens lately? They can still be found, so don't worry. Just go to Chickenfinder.com and do a search. (Note wesite on side of truck.) Or, you can go to our hotel parking lot anyday, everyday, and ask this truck driver for help.

They say everything is bigger in Texas. Case in point - this icee straw. The icee was the same size we have in Florida, but the straw was huge! Just look at its size compared to the size of the cup. Whoa! And yes, the angle I took the photo at has a little to do with it, but not much. The straw was huge!

Never heard of them, so I had to take a shot of their sign. Awesome!

We spent some time in a legitimate cowboy store. Yes, we have similar places here in Florida, but not on the scale of Cavender's.

Be a pattern breaker. Our focus at Masters was "Lead the Escape". How better than by being a pattern breaker?

Need some boots? For just $324.99, you too can have an awesome pair of pink cowboy boots. And, these were in the men's section. I don't know.

Now, I don't know about you, but I don't really like my purse to have more hair than my cat. This was for real, and I just don't think I could handle that. No play on words intended.

I've heard of bling, and in Texas they have bling. Yes, you can find a couple of these at our local Wal-Mart, but not rows and rows of them. How many do they think we can wear - LOL?

Granted, I live in a country town in central Florida where the kids win buckles like these at the local fair. I've just never seen this many at once. They had some really cool ones that our 4-H kids would love!

And, this is where I have to apologize to Patti ahead of time. We went to the Texas State Capitol, which shall have its own post shortly, and took this shot. It looks to me like the lady perched atop the building is grimacing. Maybe her torch and star are too heavy - because you know "everything's bigger in Texas."

Just kidding! We loved Texas and would go back in a heartbeat. All of it was wonderful! We couldn't believe all the different types of peppers they sold at the supermarkets. They even had a Slick Willie's Family Pool Hall. Go figure. It was family bar - we did NOT go there, but thought the name was interesting and I had never heard of a "family bar." Sounds like an oxymoron to me. The bowling alley had probably 200 cars parked there at night. The local ice cream parlor had huge ceramic cows on their playground and the cows were painted like ice cream sundaes. Awesome! I hope you have enjoyed my little oddities of Texas post. Love you, Patti!