A Not-Too-Wild-West Cowboy Town

From New York Times April 18, 2008...

Rusty Reed loves living in Anchorage — the wide-open spaces, the wildlife, the he-man feel. But after 40 years of the deep north deep-freeze, he gets a little tired of the cold. So, in winter, he heads to another place that has similar features.

“When I go from Alaska to Bandera, I say I am going from God’s Country to Paradise,” said Mr. Reed, who likes to hunt and whose wife rides horses. So last year, Mr. Reed, who owns a construction management firm and leads hunting expeditions in Alaska, and his wife, Barbara Hillin, bought a house in Bandera, Tex.

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