March 26–27 - 2018 Johnson City, Texas

Monday, we moved from Dallas to Pedernales State Park, Johnson City (40 miles/65km) west of Austin, Texas.
A 250 miles / 400 km trip. We are at a state park out in the middle of nowhere and have very limited phone and internet connection. (We might start running into that problem more often, so the blog may not be published as regularly. But we will still be writing.)



And even then when can just get the slightest connection

 Campsites come in many different shapes, forms and sizes. This one is all nature (deer passing through right next to you), and it is very big. In Ft. Lauderdale they would have fit 8 campers into a site this size.

 

Tuesday, we went to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and the LBJ Ranch.
President Johnson grew up in Johnson City (named after his grandfather) and his ranch is right outside of town. His ranch was known as the Texas White House during his presidency.

 

Air Force One-half according to Johnson

 

The Texas White House during LBJ's presidency

 

Lyndon B. Johnson

Right next to the park was a pen (fold) with Texas Longhorn bulls.
The horns are fascinating and I (JJ)went all the way up to the fence to get a good picture.
Well, one of them didn’t like that at all and came charging. Even though there were some rusty wires between him and me, he got me to move back 😊 

Picture #1-3 from left to right😊

One of our favorite songs is Luckenbach, Texas, sung by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. If you don’t know the song, it is about big country stars leaving the pressures and riches of stardom (stress og rigdom, der kommer med stjernestatus), and going “back to the basics” (tilbage til de enkelte ting i livet). So, we went to Luckenbach today, to see what the place was all about. It was “BACK TO THE BASICS”!!!!!!

Back in the 1850’s, there was a small German settlement (by) here. There was a school, and later a post office. In 1970 “Hondo” Crouch (poet/songwriter), along with some others, bought the town center. Today Luckenbach consists of a store/bar/dancehall and a house. The population of the “town” is 3.

 

The store/bar/dancehall is a big shack (faldefærdig rønne). It is very small and “basic”, but a fun place to be. In the tiny bar area, there were 2 men playing country music (among the songs was Luckenbach, Texas, of course). Once in a while the bartender joined in on his harmonica (mundharpe). People were standing/sitting close together. 

 

 

The inside bar - bartender joining the band once in a while



The grandstand (store scene 😊 )



FUN is the only word to describe the atmosphere. We are so glad that we went😊  

Written by JJ and Mary