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LBJ Ranch

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Let me see if I can remember all these picture's stories. As we were driving down Main Street of Fredericksburg?  We saw Cassie Carman had opened her own real estate company under here maiden name. Today was a history filled day.  We visited the LBJ State Park and Historic Site.  The park is free and the house tour was $3.00 per. The Johnson family had bought several of the ranches around the original acres.  The Sauer Beckmann farm was an authentic farm in operation.  Kids would love the real life. Love this picture! Please note the garden.  It had large heads of lettuce and broccoli and cool weather veggies. Next was the Trinity Lutheran Church. Johnson school house. Entering the ranch. Family cemetery where the Johnson are buried. Two large stones are LBJ and Ladybird. LBJ birthplace home. Grandparents' ranch home. LBJ private jet.  Had his own air strip. Next, he had his own Show Barn.  The cow oper

New Mexico to Texas

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March 5, 2015, Gary got pretty close to the age of 70.......we went out to celebrate at the Horseshoe Cafe in Benson AZ. One the way we took pictures of an old motel.  It is on the historical registar and I love the old architecture. On March 6, we had our free breakfast at Dennys and headed east towards Las Crues.  We crossed the New Mexico boarder again. I guess someone besides me thought he might need direction? I think this might be Las Crues as we top the hill? We stayed behind a hotel for two nights.  The town had its historical sights too. You can give me new buildings; but I love the old ones that have or tried to survive the years. We left Las Crues NM and headed to Texas.  Several large, stinky feedlots along the Mexican border.  We got a message from our neighbor Janet Haskin that this is where she lived and worked for several years.  Not in the feedlots, she is a pharmacist. Oh, we are getting closer to friends and family.  En