A one hour drive from San Antonio to Johnson City takes you through some of the most beautiful Hill Country and this time of year everything is in bloom. The wild flowers are spectacular; red, orange, yellow, purple, blue, pink, white sprinkled in the tall grass. Lyndon B. Johnson, our 36th presidents home has been donated to the National Parks and the Texas State Parks where they have made the ranch available to the public to enjoy.
Show Cattle!
The ranch has been left the way it was during LBJ’s presidency so we get to see a glimpse of how he operated as the President. He would invite heads of other countries here, congressmen and others so that he could get them on his turf. After being here I see how powerful this place was.
The river runs infront of the Ranch and can be seen from many places on the property
Beautiful fields
The front entrance to the Texas White House
Backyard Pool area
Back porch near the pool
The Ranch and land are spectacular the house is very modest. It does not look like a president lives here nor a place he would entertain or make political decisions but the house is not important it is the feeling you get on this land!
The school he attended as a child of only 4
His childhood home - part of the Ranch
Family plot
I found it interesting that you could walk within 30 feet of his grave. No guards, no high wires, just part of a National Park and made available for us to walk around.
As part of the State Park is a German farm that is operational today and part of this park so we had a look at how they did things in the 1800’s. We saw fresh squeezed milk sitting on the counter turning to yogurt and cottage cheese.
Paul is grinding corn for the chickens
The perfect farm scene
Beautiful fields
After being here I can see why he chose to bring people here for whatever reason and why Lady Byrd chose to stay for 35 years after he died. It is the most tranquil, beautiful place.