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Robert and his wife, Roylene, are working registration. |
| Carlen and Joann were visiting with them. |  |
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A “You are Here” map of the State Park trails. |
| State Park Sign. |  |
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LBJ was a democrat, hence the donkey carving in the visitor’s center. |
| A neat mosaic portrait of LBJ in the exhibit hall. |  |
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Old mailboxes in the exhibit hall. |
| Statue of LBJ pointing to the Pedernales River. |  |
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Nature trail marker about the moss in the trees. |
| Longhorn didn’t even get up when we walked by. Look at him sticking his tongue out at me! |  |
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A footbridge over the creek. |
| The creek doesn’t have much water in it right now. |  |
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Another nature trail marker with information about the creek critters. |
| Farther along we crossed the creek again on these nice large stepping stones. |  |
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Steps leading up and away from the creek. |
| Nifty way to keep the gate closed. |  |
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Ed with the Aermotor windmill that is used to pump all the water for this Texas Dept. of Parks and Wildlife living history farm. The farm portrays life on a Texas-German farm in 1918. |
| Built new in 1915, this barn has stood the test of time. |  |
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Ewe and her lamb. |
| The outhouse (behind the house of course) is not on the walk route. |  |
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Turkey and hens. |
| Huge anvil inside a workshop. |  |
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Carol and Ed |
| Having entered the farm by a back gate we left through the front gate. |  |
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Another “You are Here” map of the State Park. |
| Looking back at the houses on the Sauer-Beckman Farm |  |
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We walked to the bison pasture, but this metal one is the only one we saw. The real ones were probably laying down in the shade. |
| Walking back past the farm and its split rail fence. |  |
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Split rail fences have the rails stacked in an interlocking zig-zag fashion. |
| An old rooster that kept crowing at us. |  |
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A pavilion with a timeline of events in the area. (Not of the walk route). |
| Another footbridge. |  |
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Ed and Carol in front of one of the log cabins on the Detz Homestead. |
| The other log cabin. |  |
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The old well, covered for protection. The information board says it is 30 feet deep. |
| Heading back toward the start/finish we had views of the Pedernales River. |  |
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Overflow dam on the river. |
| We are back at the start/finish where Barbara, Carol, and Mary are waiting. |  |
