About Bandera County, TX

WHOA PONY! Let's stop here and sit awhile at dis perty lake. UM! UM! I smell Texas Bar B Que and listen tu dat geetar music. Can Ya Hear it?

That's what many a traveler may have said as they pulled in to the POMAROSA RV PARK in Bandera Texas. A warm Texas Howdy and a Come On IN! Folks here know how to make you feel welcome. Stay a while and enjoy the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Lots of places to see and things to do in Bandera and the surrounding towns. Pomarosa RV Park is a good place to stay while you do your sightseeing.

There is a large Recreation Hall with a full service kitchen. A large bar separates the kitchen from the living room where you can cozy up to the fireplace. The room is spacious with a high ceiling and the western decor makes you feel right at home. Many Monday night jam sessions and barbeques have been held here.

Men's and women's restrooms are on the backside of the rec hall. Each restroom has two showers and sinks. A laundry room is next door with full size washers and dryers. Everything you need to make your stay as comfortable as possible.

The Pomarosa has a two acre lake just in case you want to fish a little. Did you bring the grandkids? They will want to pet the animals. There are goats and sheep, ducks and geese, even a friendly swan. They love to be petted and fed.

The Pomarosa is located on Hwy 16 just outside Bandera on the way to San Antonio. You can't miss it. The office is a cute little log cabin with cedar furniture. You're gonna love your stay here.

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Bandera Texas is definitely a small town- in fact, Bandera is the only incorporated city in the entire county. The population hovers around 1000 residents, in about a 2 mile square area. They are happy with who and where they are, and I don't expect they'll change anytime soon. In fact, the hub of commercial activity has moved to the highway that intersects the City of Bandera, Highway 16. Without any zoning in place, the highway is a hodge podge of office buildings, strip centers, and car dealers and retail. Water and sewer needs will increase as more businesses move to this corridor of activity. TXDOT does what it can to regulate access off of the highway, to avoid accidents with 70 mph traffic on 16. All of this activity hopefully will not change the heart and soul of Bandera- the cowboy and western influence that has attracted visitors and residents alike.

One aspect of Bandera that I hope will never change is the friendliness and compassion of the people of Bandera. I like walking into the Bank, the supermarket, the post office etc. and it's "Hi Mary Jo, How are You?". Can the same be said for bigger cities like San Antonio, Austin, even New Braunfels and Boerne have gotten too big for the warm hugs I receive in Bandera. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE big cities- the excitement, the activities, the shopping, I could go on & on, I just appreciate the love. Thank you Bandera, I feel the love!

Yesterday was quite a busy day in Bandera, Texas. Even tho Fat Tuesday is not until February 5th, Bandera got a jump on all of New Orleans by having their own "Cowboy Style" Mardi Gras parade down mainstreet Bandera. The horse took center stage in this town, as it should. Multi-colored beads were everywhere- tossed to any and all. The locals and the tourists loved every minute- after the parade the local eateries and saloons were to the rim with revelers. The 11th Street Bar had the street blocked off so the overflow crowd could partake in the festivities. Based on the happy faces I saw last nite, this new tradition will be a continuing one.

Yesterday i eavesdropped on a conversation that got me to thinking about my town, Bandera Texas. We are known as the "Cowboy Capital of the World" and I asked myself what that entails. Should we be rough and rowdy as they were in the early west, or should we be refined and genteel suburbanites? We could be considered a suburb of San Antonio. Our Chamber of Commerce and Visitor and Convention Bureau markets our city as cowboy. What do you think of when cowboy is mentioned? Should we stay scruffy and unkempt, or clean and polished?

Yesterday at Bandera County's Commissioner's Court Meeting, a Green approach to new subdivision development was discussed. This is a novel idea around here, and the questions and answers were flying around the room. This topic is of great interest to me as a Real Estate Broker in the Hill Country of Texas. Several small communities are wrestling with the new growth vs staying rural dilemma. How can small County Governments control how their county grows?

This new proposed subdivision uses rain capture and grey water recycling to provide all the water that each home in the subdivision would require, enough even to sustain them during the frequent droughts that Texas has. I was fascinated with the developer's and his team's answers to each question brought forth by the commissioners. This would mean less wells would be draining our precious aquifers. As this process moves along in the court, I will keep you informed of it's progress.