Yesterday, right near our campground, we spotted some Texans engaged in a weird activity involving bows and arrows, little plastic rods, horses and archery targets. The Texans had jabbed the plastic rods into the ground and, apparently, they were to mark the boundaries of the course. On one side of the plastic stick-lined pathway, some archery targets were set up on stands and about 25 yards apart.
After waiting a bit, we got to see some caballeros and cabelleras ride down the path at a gallop, firing arrows at the spaced targets. Some of the riders were quite good at skewering targets while others were not too talented. It seems strange, in a state where there is a long history of wiping out Indians with firearms (and smallpox), that folks would decide that a bow and arrow is a suitable horseback weapon system. Almost all the folks on horseback that we saw had either blonde, brunette or red hair. There was one guy with black hair flowing behind him in a big ponytail and he seemed to be the best at this quirky activity. The light haired folks I suppose would be Windians or Wannabe Indians. It was great fun watching these folks and I am glad I am not required to flee from these folks, particularly on foot.
We also found a small but handsome gopher snake in our campground. He was soaking up some rays in the road so we left him alone.
There’s a Windian picture if you click here