When the Boot & Saddlemaker Round-Up is over, I always have one more thing to look forward to…and that’s my visit with Lee and Carrlyn Miller at Texas Traditions in Austin, TX.
My visits have a nice worn-in feeling about them now. Lee asks me if I want coffee and pours it at the same time…because he knows that I always stay for a least two cups. This time a took a little video footage…”tracing” the origin of a custom fit.
I head back home tomorrow.
Today, I visited bootmakers, Brian Thomas in Abilene and Tex Robin in Coleman, Tx. Then, I drove Hwy 183 back to Austin. I don’t know what shocked me more…seeing the herd of zebras in Zephyr…or the drive-tru Starbucks in Brownwood.
These orange boots which depict a story of economic wreck and ruin, were designed by Evan Voyles and built custom by Kimmel Boots.
I saw Evan at the Round Top Antiques Week.
What’s in his bag? (Click the photo to find out.) Its contents are destined for the hip Austin “boot-ique,” Blackmail.
