We had planned to go to the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and the Texas White House from our current location. I called the State Park and was assured that there was parking available for a MH towing in both places so we opted to leave and stop on our drive West.
We arrived at the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park around Noon. We took the one-mile walk around the Johnson Settlement taking in the original buildings that were owned by President Johnsons grandparents.
Sam Ealy Johnson, Sr. Home
Then it was on to the Bruckner Barn.
It was another beautiful day and the walk quite nice. I wasn’t sure if I could mthe mile but did OK.
We returned to the Visitor Center to take part in the tour of President Johnson’s childhood home. He was not born there but lived there from the age of five to twenty-four.
After finishing the tour we went back to the Visitor Center to watch a video on Johnsons political life and another on the Lady Bird Johnson. Both films were excellent and provided insight into the views, aspirations and especially the love of our country that both shared with gusto.
When Johnson was President, Ron and I were busy raising a family and were not very politically savvy. Although we were aware of what was going on in the White House and world politics we did not delve into it very deeply. Watching the movie presentations gave us a new respect for the type of people Johnson and Lady Bird were. Both Johnsons loved our country and both wanted to implement programs that would benefit the American people either through beautification programs (Lady Bird) or with social programs to ensure all Americans would be able to live a decent life (President Johnson). President Johnson was able to pass through congress over 1000 bills during his 5 years in office, more then all of the Presidents combined since he left office.
Next we drove the 14 miles to the Texas White House. We had to secure a pass because it is still a working ranch.
Driving through the complex we could understand why the Johnsons loved it so much.
The one-room Junction School Lyndon attended at age four.
We were in the MH so were sitting up high giving us a wonderful view of the ranch. It is a very serene, quiet place.
We were able to tour the Texas White House but interior pictures were not allowed.
We stopped at the hangar and viewed the Presidential Plane.
We enjoyed our day and had put in 5 hours of touring so it was back on the road and the quest to get a campsite for the night. Unfortunately, I was unable to get a camps site. Either they were full or could not accommodate our MH. One CG had sites but would not give us one because we are a 50 amp unit. I told her we could do 30 amps but she told us the owner would not allow reducers. We have been traveling around the USA and Canada for 14 years and have never been to a CG that denied the use of reducers. It was a first for us.
We continued to drive but since we are out in Southwestern Texas with towns few and far between we opted to stay at the first wide space we could find. That happened to be a Truck Stop on I-10 in Segovia. Not really where we wanted to be but it was after 7 pm and we had already gone over 100 miles without a CG in sight.
Ron wasn’t crazy about staying in a noisy truck stop but there were no obvious choices. So we pulled in and settled in for the night.There was a full service restaurant so we went in for a very late but good dinner.
There was a motel right next to the truck stop. Ron took Jewel for a walk and found a very interesting sign posted on the wall.
We were both quite tired after touring for five hours then driving/riding for a total of 168 miles. Being out in the middle of nowhere we had no TV signal so couldn’t watch the Olympics. We were both in bed by 8:30 pm.
We plan to drive the 295 miles to Fort Davis if we get up and get out early enough. We will be securing a CG early in the day because waiting until 5pm to get a camp site is usual a nightmare. By then the transient sites have been booked just like what happened to us today.
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