Don't Mess with Texas, Part 2 - HELLO, my name is Blog!

September 29, 2005 2:43 PM

After San Antonio, I headed out to downtown Austin on I-410 to the Downtown Hyatt. But before I got too far, I passed by the famous North Star mall where I saw The World’s Largest Cowboy Boots.

Wow. I guess everything really IS bigger in Texas. AND…since I had my trusty cardboard cut out in the back of my rental car, I figured Alright…I’ve gotta get a picture of this.

I parked in the lot and walked out to the famous pair of boots with my camera in one hand and my 6 foot 3 cardboard cut out in the other. I planted the Duplicate Scott in a bush directly at the toe of the left boot. It was tough to get a good angle for the picture, especially with the wind. But I think it came out pretty well.

Not surprisingly, several cars that drove by and gave me some pretty strange looks. After all, I was a guy taking a picture of a life size cutout of himself. Lord, they must have thought I was an ego maniac! One car stopped in the middle of the street. The window rolled down and a man said, “Hey Scott! Can I take a picture with you?”

“Um…sure! Come on over!”

His daughters started laughing. His wife rolled her eyes. But this guy’s face lit up like a Christmas tree! He jumped out of the car while I threw my camera to his daughter. We both put our arms around the cutout and started laughing hysterically while his little girl snapped the picture. I reached out to shake his hand and said “So what’s your name man?”