Go with the Gilmore's: Lyndon B. Johnson's State Park and National Park Site

We headed out early for me, at 9:00 am, to visit Lyndon Johnson's park and Historical site.

We started at the Visitor Center. It has been our pattern lately to watch the video and we really enjoy the overview before we go exploring ourselves. This park gave us a CD with a narrative to go along with our drive through the LBJ's ranch.

We saw lots of animals. Here are some bisons. Quit a large group.

At this size, we were glad they were content to stay on their side of the fence.

We saw beautiful horses.

And some of LBJ's cattle.

This is a Lutheran church where the Johnson's did not attend.

This flower cross was leftover from last weeks Easter celebration.

I like the sentiment of this rock, which was under a tree in front of the church.

We stopped at the one room schoolhouse, where Lyndon started school at 4 years of age.

We stopped at the Nature Center and saw some of LBJ's cattle close up. You can see LBJ's brand on this steers horn.

The steer on the left weighted about 1900 lbs,

This is a two week old calf.

We entered the National Historical Park

and visited LBJ's birthplace and where he lived when he attended the one room school house.

We also visited the Johnson's Graveyard.

Milly and Larry had visited the ranch before, but the house was not open to the public, since Mrs. Johnson was alive and still living at the ranch up till 2007. The house's bottom floor is now open and next year the second floor is going to be open to the public.

We entered by the airstrip and Air Force 1/2. This was the small plane the President took in from San Antonio.

The house tour took about 30 minutes and was very interesting. We learned that the President and his family were Baptist and then they became Christians?????

You will have to see the house yourself, as no photographs were allowed to be taken.

This is the side of the house.