Ladybird Johnson Municipal Park - January 13, 2017
Ladybird Johnson Municipal Park flight.
Treetop height only.
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Swap Meet(Lady Bird Johnson Park, Fredericksburg TX)
Cool stuff, but jet take off next door is better.
Lady Bird Johnson Golf Course: Visit Fredericksburg TX
The newly renovated Lady Bird Johnson Golf Course in Fredericksburg, Texas sets a new standard for municipal golf courses.
The golf course has finished a nine-month, nearly $2 million renovation. The redesign included the installation of new grasses, re-routing of holes, a new staging area for tournaments, a new fleet of golf carts and new cart paths.
What remains is an accessible, compact 18-hole layout. Native areas with hills, trees and Live Oak Creek line the 125-acre course. And cattle still graze in the Texas Hill Country landscape beyond the barbed-wire fences surrounding the course.
The result is a compact golf course that is scenic, accessible and even more playable. And it makes you think more as a player.
The course is now a par 71 stretching more than 6,600 yards from the back trees. The renovated course includes 48 bunkers and water in play on 10 holes.
Five sets of tees are available to challenge golfers of all abilities. And about 5,000 square feet of the greens are subtly contoured and offer a wide range of hole locations.
The course is open six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday.
Come out and play our new course. And enjoy our updated clubhouse too. Check out our golf shop, eat in our grill, and schedule your next gathering in our meeting room.
And, don't forget, Fredericksburg's scenic downtown is less than five miles down the road--the 19th hole.
Wildflowers in the Texas Hill Country: Visit Fredericksburg TX
The Texas Hill Country is known for its wildflowers.
Typically you'll see our state flower—the bluebonnet—from late March through the second week of April. But Mother Nature determines the exact dates each year.
By late April, the blues fade like a favorite pair of jeans, but you'll still see color. Yellows, reds, pinks, purples and whites. Texas wildflowers bloom well into May and early June around Fredericksburg and Gillespie County.
Fall in the Texas Hill Country is our second wildflower season of the year. In September and October, it is easy to spot bright-colored blooms that come close to rivaling our spring displays. From yellow sunflowers to purple gayfeathers.
No matter what time of year you visit, a great place to see our wildflowers is right here at Wildseed Farms on Highway 290, seven miles east of Fredericksburg. Wildseed Farms is the nation's largest working wildflower farm.
Here, you can purchase wildflower seed mixes that will grow in your region of the United States—no matter where you live, along with blooming plants from the nursery and gift items from the boutique. Plus, the Biergarten makes for a great stop for a light lunch, complete with Texas wine and beer.
Other great places to see wildflowers include the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site in Stonewall, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area north of Fredericksburg, the Live Oak Wilderness Trail at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park off Highway 16 South and even along our roadways.
So, come hike or drive in the cooler spring and autumn temperatures in the Texas Hill Country and enjoy our wildflowers. And don't forget your camera.
Lady Bird Johnson StatePark Fredericksburg
Family Friendly Fredericksburg: Visit Fredericksburg TX
Whether it’s spring break, a mid-week getaway, or a long holiday getaway with the extended family, Fredericksburg Texas is sure to delight family members of all ages.
Make memories that will last a lifetime with a family hike to the top of Enchanted Rock, or viewing wildlife at the Live Oak Wilderness Trail at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park.
In Fredericksburg even learning is fun- families can get a glimpse of life as a 1800's farm family and see some cute critters at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm and the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historical Site. Or participate in period era activities like knitting and quilting with the Pioneer Handwerkers at the Pioneer Museum.
As for the older kiddos, a visit to the National Museum of the Pacific War and a living history demonstration at the Pacific Combat Zone is a can’t miss.
Seasonal events like the bluebonnets at Wildseed Farms, pick your own peaches at local orchards, and even outdoor ice skating are perfect opportunities to capture your next picture perfect memory.
And after all that adventuring- the entire family can enjoy Fredericksburg’s kid friendly dinner spots and maybe even a little dancing, then a splash in the pool before relaxing at the end of the day.
To plan your family getaway to Fredericksburg, Texas log on to VisitFredericksburgTX.com.
Lady Bird Johnson Park Flight - March 24, 2015
No more tests. Time to fly. It was kinda windy but got some video!
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Lady Bird Johnson Park Reservoir Flight - April 16, 2015
So I did a splashdown yesterday morning attempting this. Too bad the water shorted the cam and erased the micro SD card. Huey landed right side up and was able to fly right out of the spillover. -
Dried the drone in direct sunlight and put the cam in a tub of rice. Fired right up this morning so I went at it again...
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Hotel Kitsmiller on Main - Fredericksburg, Texas - United States
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Hotel Kitsmiller on Main hotel city: Fredericksburg, Texas - Country: United States
Address: 910 East Main Street; zip code: TX 78624
Situated in Fredericksburg, 1.3 km from Fredericksburg Visitor Information Center, Hotel Kitsmiller on Main features free WiFi access and free private parking. Each room at this motel is air conditioned and features a flat-screen TV.
-- El Hotel Kitsmiller on Main, situado en Fredericksburg, a 1,3 km del centro de información para visitantes de Fredericksburg, dispone de WiFi gratis y de aparcamiento privado también gratuito.
-- Hotel Mitsmiller on Main汽车旅馆位于弗雷德里克斯堡（Fredericksburg），距离弗雷德里克斯堡游客信息中心（Fredericksburg Visitor Information Center）有1.3公里，提供免费WiFi和免费私人停车场。 这间汽车旅馆的每间客房都装有空调，配有一台平板电视。部分客房设有一个休息区，可供客人放松身心。 Hotel Mitsmiller on Main汽车旅馆距离290 Wine Shuttle葡萄酒班车有1.
-- Отель Kitsmiller on Main расположен в городе Фредериксберг, в 1,3 км от туристическо-информационного центра. К услугам гостей бесплатный Wi-Fi и бесплатная частная парковка. В каждом номере установлен кондиционер и телевизор с плоским экраном.
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Exploring Texas Hill Country | RV Road Trip
Texas Hill country is a bucolic, rumpled terrain marked by wooded canyons cut by spring-fed rivers. It's also laced with endless miles of appealing two-lane blacktop—and, best of all, it's quirky. One minute you'll see a vista of bluebonnets and the next a sign advertising Emu Oil, Next Exit or Cowboys for Christ Silent Auction.
The Hill Country begins just north of Austin, continues south to San Antonio, and sweeps west some 200 miles (322 kilometers) before the land begins to flatten out. Follow a route linking state and U.S. secondary highways, which lead to a series of colorful towns fit for dawdling.
These attractions form a loop starting in San Antonio and taking in Bandera, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, Enchanted Rock, Johnson City, and New Braunfels, before returning to San Antonio.
From San Antonio, follow Highway 16 northwest to Bandera, which considers itself the hell-raising Cowboy Capital of the World. Here you can order a chicken-fried steak bigger than your haid and dance to live country music. But nowadays you're apt to see travelers' SUVs parked in front of Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar saloon alongside the usual beat-up pickup trucks. The Frontier Times Museum in Bandera (510 13th St.; tel. 1 830 796 3864; frontiermuseum.org) has a bewildering collection of prehistoric arrowheads, mounted animals, bells, and a shrunken human head no bigger than an orange. Duck into the gift shop, which stocks those must-have rubber tomahawks. Also in Bandera is the Old Spanish Trail Restaurant (305 Main St.; tel. 1 830 796 3836), famous for its home-cooked pot roast, catfish platter, and chicken-fried steak.
Next stop is Kerrville, which you can reach by looping around on Highway 16 or cutting straight to it on 173. Stop for a meal at Billy Gene's Restaurant (1489 Junction Hwy.; tel. 1 830 895 7377; billygenesrestaurant), known for its chicken-fried steak and its views of the Guadalupe River. Then check in at the Inn of the Hills (1001 Junction Hwy.; tel. 1 830 895 5000; innofthehills.com), with such amenities as live country music and an Olympic-size pool. Next door is a family sports center with a 16-lane bowling alley, so pack your finest bowling shirts.
Among the first non-natives to settle the area were German immigrants who'd purchased millions of acres sight unseen. Old-timers still refer to the German Hill Country, where the mother tongue was commonly spoken until the 1970s. One town that clings to its German heritage is Fredericksburg. Besides its more than 300 B&Bs, it has a Main Street lined with galleries, boutiques, bistros, and specialty shops with names like Der Küchen Laden.
Follow the oompah music to the Ausländer Biergarten (323 E. Main St.; tel. 1 830 997 7714) featuring German cuisine and an astounding selection of beers. Order a frosty mug of Paulaner Salvator and feast on kasseler rippchen—smoked pork chops—with hot German potato salad, sauerkraut, and a slice of Black Forest chocolate cake for dessert.
Fredericksburg native son Chester Nimitz served as commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Honoring his memory are the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the National Museum of the Pacific War (340 E. Main St.; tel. 1 830 997 4379; nimitz-museum.org), displaying over a thousand artifacts, including a Japanese midget submarine captured during the Pearl Harbor attack.
Detour 18 miles (29 kilometers) north of Fredericksburg to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, whose centerpiece is a 425-foot (130-meter)-tall dome-shaped mountain of pink granite about a billion years old. Hike to the top, then overnight in pleasant campgrounds at the base (tel. 1 830 685 3636; tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/enchanted_rock).
A few miles away in Johnson City, the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Visitor Center (Ave. G and Ladybird Ln.; 1 830 868 7128; nps.gov/lyjo) offers a self-paced stroll past video monitors with footage of the War on Poverty, Vietnam, and other events of Johnson's life. Most surprising is a retirement photo of him with long hair, looking a little like Timothy Leary without the beads.
Cap off your drive with an inner tube trip down the Comal or Guadalupe Rivers, both of which run through New Braunfels, making it a haven for paddlers and floaters. On either stream, the warm sunshine filtering through the oaks and cypresses overhead creates a soothing strobe effect as you glide downstream. Just kick back, shift your mind into neutral, and go with the flow. That's the best way to see the Texas Hill Country.
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Celebrate July Fourth in Fredericksburg: Visit Fredericksburg TX
Pull on your red, white and blue and join us in Fredericksburg, Texas on the Fourth of July for an all-American parade down our historic Main Street, lined with American flags.
Each year we start July 4th at 8:00 a.m. with a Kiddie Parade at Marktplatz, featuring bicycles, pets, wagons and kiddos decked out in their patriotic best.
Then all eyes turn to the skies at 10:00 a.m. when an airplane flyover signals the start of the community parade on Main Street. What's really fun is that the parade loops around, but remains on Main Street, so you enjoy double the fun as floats run east and west at the same time.
Patriotic events and activities continue the rest of the day. Immediately following the parade, you can enjoy patriotic music at Marktplatz.
July 4th is also the day Becker Vineyards hosts its annual Chili Cookoff, Pedernales Cellars hosts is annual kite festival and Luckenbach Texas hosts its Live Free and Fly celebration with its world-famous lawn mower parade.
As the events wind down for the day in our beautiful Texas Hill Country town, there is still one more event you can't miss—the fireworks. Join us at dark-thirty for the Fourth of July fireworks show at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park on the edge of town. It's the perfect ending to July Fourth in Fredericksburg.
Our Fredericksburg-Lyndon Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
On this Our Fredericksburg we look at the lives of Lyndon Baines & Lady Bird Johnson and the legacy they left behind, as we visit LBJ's Boyhood Home, LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson's Ranch, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, and Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center.
Life in the Hill Country - Road Trip to Johnson City and Stonewall Texas
Hank and Jay go to LBJ's Childhood Home in Johnson City and the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall Texas.
RV Lady Season 2 Episode 104 Walk through Lady Bird Johnson Grove Nature Trail 7.24.15
RV Lady & Patches, my 28' Class C, travel the roadways as full-time RVers. We work, explore, repair and have common RV trouble we need to overcome. Lots of advice. Lots of laughter. Lots of 'real' RV life. Come follow along and send along any comments you have! :) Be Brave!
BE BRAVE! WHAT'S THAT MEAN: I hope you will come to understand, when I say, Be Brave it is meant to remind you, and me, that we possess the courage to push beyond ourselves and attain what is possible! Be Brave! :)
Gray Line - Hill Country & LBJ Ranch Tour!
Travel along the beautiful, scenic backroads of the Texas Hill Country, with a stop at Johnson City where you'll visit LBJ's boyhood home. Only a short distance away is the town of Stonewall, the peach capital of Texas and home to the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site. Enjoy a tour of the LBJ Ranch, located along the picturesque Pedernales River.
During your tour, you will discover how the German migration of the 1840s and 1850s influenced the development of this picturesque area. You will hear about the role of the Texas cowboy and the great cattle drives from South Texas to mid-western markets, and you'll learn about the legacies of both LBJ—America’s 36th President—and Lady Bird, his beloved wife.
We will visit the old German town of Fredericksburg, where you can visit the Nimitz Museum & National Museum of the Pacific War. If you prefer, you can shop and eat lunch at an authentic German biergarten, or go to a wine tasting. This Fredericksburg part of the tour is flexible, so you can do whatever pleases you!
We will stop and take in the storied musical history of the colorful town of Luckenbach, made world-famous by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P Nunn, Hondo Crouch, and many more artists and colorful characters.
Finally we will discuss the development of the Texas wine industry as we drive through Texas vineyards, and visit one of the area's award-winning local wineries.
ATXFM - Pedernales River Spring 2011 - Texas Hill Country - Johnson City, TX
Johnson City, TX in the Texas Hill Country. This region is known for it's beautiful scenery and laid back life style. ATXFM went to the Pedernales river just outside of Johnson City for a fly fishing expedition and had good luck on Woolly Bugger flies. Flies with flash were more productive. There is fishing available on the Pedernales as it flows through Johnson City west of Austin, TX in the Hill Country. Johnson City was named after President LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson) who's family has a ranch on the river. There are also Vineyards around Johnson City worth visiting if you are in the area. The Texas Hill Country is great to tour by car or motorcycle, Johnson City can be a great place to stop.
Tour of Johnson Settlement in Johnson City Texas
Stopped at the Johnson Settlement. Been 33 years since I last stopped here.
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Wildflowers on a hike near Fredericksburg, TX
1968 White House Tour with Lady Bird Johnson - LBJ Documentary Film
Claudia Alta Lady Bird Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 -- July 11, 2007) was First Lady of the United States (1963--69) during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson.
Notably well educated for her time, she proved a capable manager and a shrewd investor. After marrying LBJ in 1934, when he was a political hopeful in Austin, Texas, she used a modest inheritance to bankroll his congressional campaign, and then ran his office while he was serving in the navy. Next, she bought a radio station and then a TV station, which would soon make them millionaires. As First Lady, she broke new ground by interacting directly with Congress, employing her own press secretary, and making a solo electioneering tour.
Johnson was a lifelong advocate for beautifying the nation's cities and highways (Where flowers bloom, so does hope) and the Highway Beautification Act was informally known as Lady Bird's Bill. She was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian honors.
As First Lady, Johnson started a capital beautification project (Society for a More Beautiful National Capital) to improve physical conditions in Washington, D.C., for both residents and tourists by planting millions of flowers.[30] Her beliefs regarding the importance of national beautification can best be summarized in her statement that where flowers bloom, so does hope. She worked extensively with American Association of Nurserymen (AAN) executive Vice President Robert F. Lederer to protect wildflowers and the planting of them along highways. Her efforts inspired similar programs throughout the country. She became the first president's wife to advocate actively for legislation[3] when she was instrumental in promoting the Highway Beautification Act, which was nicknamed Lady Bird's Bill[5] and sought to beautify the nation's highway system by limiting billboards and by planting roadside areas. She was an advocate of the Head Start program.[3]
Johnson created the modern structure of the First Lady's office; she was the first to have a press secretary and chief of staff of her own and an outside liaison with Congress.[30] Her press secretary from 1963 to 1969 was Liz Carpenter, a fellow University of Texas alumna. Carpenter was the first professional newswoman to be press secretary to a First Lady, and she also served as Lady Bird's staff director. Johnson's tenure as First Lady marked the beginning of the hiring of employees in the East Wing to work specifically for the First Lady's projects.[26]
During the 1964 election, Johnson traveled through eight Southern states in her own train to promote the Civil Rights Act,[30] at one point giving 45 speeches over five days.[26] It was the first solo whistlestop tour of a First Lady.[25]
In 1970, Johnson published A White House Diary, her intimate, behind-the-scenes account of her husband's presidency spanning November 22, 1963, to January 20, 1969. Beginning with Kennedy's assassination, Mrs. Johnson recorded the momentous events of her times, including the Great Society's War on Poverty, the national civil rights and social protest movements, her own activism on behalf of the environment, and the Vietnam War. Johnson was acquainted with a long span of fellow First Ladies, from Eleanor Roosevelt to Laura Bush, and was protected by the United States Secret Service for 44 years, longer than anyone else in history.[33]
Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Laura Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, (second row) Caroline Kennedy, Barbara Bush, Susan Ford Bales, (third row) Maria Shriver, and Patricia Tricia Nixon Cox attended, representing eight presidential families (excluding the Johnsons and counting George H.W. Bush's family and George W. Bush's family separately).
At 9:00 A.M. on July 15, a ceremonial cortège left the Texas State Capitol. The public was invited to line the route through downtown Austin on Congress Avenue and along the shores of Lady Bird Lake to pay their respects. The public part of the funeral procession ended in Johnson City. The family had a private burial at the Johnson family cemetery in Stonewall, where Johnson was buried next to her husband who had died 34 years earlier.[45] Unlike previous funerals for first ladies, the pallbearers during the funeral services came from members of the armed forces.[45][46]
She was the first former First Lady to die in the 21st century.
On June 7, 2008, Texas honored Johnson by renaming the state convention's Blue Star Breakfast as the 'Lady Bird Breakfast'.[47] In January 2009, St. Edward's University in Austin completed a new residence hall for upperclassmen bearing the name of Lady Bird Johnson Hall, or LBJ Hall for short.[48]
Life of LBJ
A tour dedicated to all things LBJ! Join us as we learn about our 36th President - from childhood to the Presidency to his personal life. We'll visit the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, the LBJ Ranch and the Texas White House.