When we were here before people could tour the ranch, but Lady Bird was still living in the house (she outlived him by over 30 years), so it was not open. After she passed away in 2007, the house passed to the public and to the National Park Service which was what LBJ and Lady Bird always wanted.
No photography is allowed in the house, but is allowed outdoors. We can easily see why they loved it here so much - it is beautiful property. The house is virtually unchanged from the 60's so is frozen in time.
I snapped some photos around the property, including the main house, the house where LBJ was born (also on the ranch property), the plane he flew in to get to the ranch which has a landing strip, the River, and the cemetery where they are both buried.
LBJ birthplace
Cemetery
Today we did a long drive in the area northeast of Fredericksburg. There are blue bonnets and other wildflowers all over the place, just beautiful! In some places we could see solid fields of blue bonnets, this in spite of the fact that it is extremely dry here. Here is one roadside display.
We also walked in the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. We were looking for a black capped vireo and a gold cheeked warbler. Naturally we didn't see either. I am sure our friend David could have seen them!
