Rolling On!

After I posted the last blog entry, I realized I forgot to tell you about a really nice experience we had at the rest area!  Nearby was a very pretty Lutheran Church:

We were inside the trailer when there was a knock at the door.  We expected it would be someone interested in the Rpod trailer, but instead a lady stood at the door with a tray containing two hot meals and dessert!  She mentioned she was from the Lutheran church and they had just had a luncheon and she wanted to share the homemade leftovers with us!  While Michael enjoyed his meatloaf and mine, we both enjoyed terrific mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables.  Dessert was delicious bread pudding.  We couldn't thank her enough for her generosity.  This reminded us of "Trail Angels", those people who reach out to hikers on the Appalachian Trail with food, water, and other necessities.

To complete the story of our Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park visit, on Friday, the 20th, we found ourselves in the town of Stonewall, known as the LBJ Ranch district of the park.  This area offers a driving tour of the LBJ ranch with many properties associated with President Johnson's life.  Some sites we saw included the one-room Junction School that LBJ attended at age four, the reconstructed LBJ birthplace, the Johnson family cemetery with generations of Johnsons buried here, including the President and Lady Bird (Clair) Johnson.  There's also the home of LBJ's grandfather and the Show Barn where the staff manage the ranch and care for the registered Hereford cattle, descended from LBJ's original herd.  The Texas White House is here too, accessible only by guided tour which we did not do.  (Always save something for the next time!).  And there is a Lockheed Jetstar, one of five used at the ranch.  Because of its small size, President Johnson referred to this jet as "Air Force One-Half."

The quote on this sign also greeted visitors to the Texas White House.

The Junction one-room school house.

The reconstructed birthplace of the President.

Part of the Johnson Family cemetery.

The President and First Lady graves.

LBJ's grandfather's home.

Some of the beauty on our way to the LBJ ranch:

The LBJ ranch:

Calves from this season's calving.

Goats.

The visit to both park districts was well worth it!

Here's what a cat does after a long day of touring!

Sunday, the 22nd, has us at another great rest area in Comfort, offering free dumping of our waste tanks and potable water, plus a free overnight stay in a park-like setting:

Monday, the 23rd we are headed to Kerrville for the day!  Meanwhile, we are enjoying a bright sunny day with temps in the 70's and a brisk, yes brisk, breeze that has us in fleece!  But what a pleasure after the hot and humid temps we had in east Texas!

See you soon!