Cibolo, TX

Well, last night I participated in the Texas Two-Step. I had already voted, so I went back to caucus last night, showing up 15 minutes early for what I thought would be a half-hour process. As a result, I only had to stand in line in the parking lot at my polling station for 2 hours. It was cold last night, too!

Thanks to some friendly and funny folks I waited with, I managed to survive the ordeal--one of them very kindly lent me his jacket. Once I got inside the building (which was warm, and mostly empty, since only a dozen people at a time were being let in), it only took 5 minutes to register my selection. By that time, I was too tired and hungry, plus my feet were killing me, to hang around afterwards to caucus and choose delegates. At 8:45, the two lines of people waiting still stretched from the doors all the way across the parking lot to the street. Next time, I think I will volunteer to help so that this doesn't happen again! And at least I'd get to be inside.

Earlier in the day, I went to the post office in Cibolo and took my camera with me. Cibolo, like Schertz, is one of the fastest-growing towns in Texas. The contrast is not as great, because the original town is smaller, but it's still interesting. Builders have bought cheap land all around Cibolo and built homes ranging from entry-level homes in the $120,000 range up to spec and custom homes in the low $300,000s.

Many home buyers (and renters) live in the area because of the town's convenient proximity to Randolph Air Force Base. It's also an easy commute to Fort Sam Houston and Brooke Army Medical Center via IH-35. Farther to the north along IH-35 is a nice older community built around a golf course, Northcliffe, and an over-55 neighborhood being built on the north side of the course.