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We took a long weekend over Spring Break to go have some fun and learn a little, too...what follows are the pictures from our great adventure together - we all survived, and that's a HUGE plus!
Our first stop was Johnson City, Texas...the hometown of Lyndon Baines Johnson. We stopped in town at the visitor's center then walked over to LBJ's childhood home. We were the only ones there for that tour time, and it was wonderful to see how a house was structured back in the early 1900's. LBJ came from a family of educators...his mom went to college and, while his dad never formally went to school past the 8th grade, he studied and became a teacher. We learned a lot about running water and toilets (or lack thereof) while there, too!
Then, we trekked 14 miles west of the city to the LBJ Ranch, a state park and national park as well. We took the driving tour and saw the one-room schoolhouse where LBJ went to school, the home where he was born (the boys and Scott are walking up the lane to check it out), his grandparents' home on the property, the cattle, the airstrip (big enough for a DC-9) and the Texas White House.
These cattle were awesome - check out their horns! I had to get a shot of that!
This is the marker on the airstrip to indicate that it is the LBJ airstrip. On the driving tour, you drive around the entire strip and by the show barn as well. It was all really neat and a great start to our weekend.
Oh very cool Judy! Looks like you're having a blast!
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