Brackettville, Texas

This was a VERY interesting day.  You'll never guess what happened.  We knew the Alamo Village Movie Location was closed but decided to take a ride there anyway, "just in case".  When we drove in the yard, a border patrol drove in.

All he wanted to do was tell us it was closed, but Don just had to get out of the car and assume "the position" just to be funny.  Paul was there with his camera.  So we spent quite a few minutes talking to the officer, he's from New York City and has been stationed here for 2 years.  I guess they get quite a few drug runners, so it's not as boring as we thought.  Just as we were getting back into the Jeep and the officer was driving out, a lady pulled up from the other side of the gate.  She let us through, told us Rich, the tour guide, was bored and would love to give a tour, she would call him ahead to let him know we were coming.  What a deal, a private tour. 

I took 150 pictures of the Alamo and the village where movies were filmed from 1959 up until 2007.  Many documentaries, music videos & commercials.  It was tough deciding which pictures to post, but here goes.  This was the gate into the Alamo.

This was the front of the mission.  I didn't realize it, but the real Alamo mission did not have a roof until some time after the battle.

One of the buildings within the walls.

I climbed up a gravel ramp where the soldiers must have had their "look outs" and got a shot of the village.  note the prickly pear cactus growing at the top of the perimiter wall.

This is the marshall's office.

This is the Cantina.  When this village was open for tours, they actually had a restaurant in here.

We were in a building where many original wagons were stored, this is Don talking with Rich.  Not only is he the tour guide, he worked there for many years and was involved in the movie making from 1967 on.  He was very interesting.

A room in one of the houses.

The church.

Some houses.

Inside the saloon.

Not only did we get a private tour, it was 3 hours long.  I was so facinated with all of this, I went right on Amazon.com and ordered "The Alamo" with John Wayne and "Bandolero" filmed in 1967 with Jimmy Stewart.