LBJ Ranch

I wanted to get out and do something as a family during spring break since we had been busy for a month with packing, moving, and trying to set up the new house.  Carlos had the idea to go to the LBJ ranch and I thought that sounded like it would be interesting.  

After an hour and a half drive we first stopped at the The Sauer-Beckman Farm.  It is a working farm set back in the early 1900's.  The people who "work" there are dressed in the time period and do all the chores of taking care of the animals and cooking in the time period.  It was neat to tour the house and see the volunteers doing their chores.  They even made some food we were able to sample.  

The Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch had a lot to explore.  

As we were coming in, there was a one room school house that we visited which was set up as it had been when Lyndon B. Johnson had learned to read there as a child.  

Along the drive there was also a family cemetery and a replica of the house where LBJ was born that he remodeled to be a guest house.   

The LBJ Ranch, also known as the Texas White House, had been set up as an alternate presidential command center when he had been president, with a landing strip for Air Force One and all of the required communication infrastructure.  It was really neat to tour the house set back in the 60's time period.  We couldn't take pictures in the house, but we did outside.