Lyndon B. Johnson (Johnson City, TX)
Decided that today would be a good day to head up to the Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Settlement and Ranch.
We started off in Johnson City where we took a guided tour of LBJ's boyhood home. We also watched two films - one on LBJ and one on Ladybird Johnson.
We then had a small lunch (of Chicken hearts and livers!) before driving the 20 or so minutes to the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site (LBJ Ranch) in Gillespie County, between Fredericksburg and Johnson City.
We first went to The Sauer-Beckmann Farm. This is a "living" farm, learning what life on a farm was like back in the early 1900's.
The employees on the farm actually produce and make their own food, care for the house, farm, and livestock as they would have back at that time!
We enjoyed their demonstration of the different products they made from milk, depending on what they did with it and how long they could let it sit out for.
Some of the "workers" were workcampers! Who knows, maybe we'll do something like this in the future!
Having spent so much time at the farmstead, our time to see the rest of the ranch would be limited.
So we made quick work on our drive over to President and Mrs. Johnson's home, the "Texas White House".
We thought we would be given a tour of the house, but the only room we were allowed to tour was his office (They hope to open more rooms in the future).
The living oak tree in the front yard is reported to be over 400 years old. The house sits on a hill facing a river. The river has a small dam with water flowing over it that LBJ used to drive his car over. Of course that is no longer a route that visitors can use.
Where the President is buried on the ranch with his family, including his wife Ladybird.
Tour over, we decided to head back home, however, we did stop at a winery along the way (that had a lavender festival wrapping up at the time).
We started off in Johnson City where we took a guided tour of LBJ's boyhood home. We also watched two films - one on LBJ and one on Ladybird Johnson.
We then had a small lunch (of Chicken hearts and livers!) before driving the 20 or so minutes to the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site (LBJ Ranch) in Gillespie County, between Fredericksburg and Johnson City.
We first went to The Sauer-Beckmann Farm. This is a "living" farm, learning what life on a farm was like back in the early 1900's.
The employees on the farm actually produce and make their own food, care for the house, farm, and livestock as they would have back at that time!
We enjoyed their demonstration of the different products they made from milk, depending on what they did with it and how long they could let it sit out for.
Some of the "workers" were workcampers! Who knows, maybe we'll do something like this in the future!
Having spent so much time at the farmstead, our time to see the rest of the ranch would be limited.
So we made quick work on our drive over to President and Mrs. Johnson's home, the "Texas White House".
We thought we would be given a tour of the house, but the only room we were allowed to tour was his office (They hope to open more rooms in the future).
The living oak tree in the front yard is reported to be over 400 years old. The house sits on a hill facing a river. The river has a small dam with water flowing over it that LBJ used to drive his car over. Of course that is no longer a route that visitors can use.
Where the President is buried on the ranch with his family, including his wife Ladybird.
Tour over, we decided to head back home, however, we did stop at a winery along the way (that had a lavender festival wrapping up at the time).
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