Hill Country Thanksgiving Part III

Another Thanksgiving Post? Well, I have a new camera – what can I say????

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving we took a tour of the LBJ house.  You can’t take pictures inside, but I have a few of the outside.

President LBJ would often meet with dignitaries and important military folks right here under these oak trees.

This was his daughter’s car, parked right outside under the car port.

The funny thing is, that it really is just a regular old 1960’s kind of house. It isn’t really *fancy* but when you sit out under the trees by the river you can really feel why the Johnson’s loved it here so much and considered it their home.

That afternoon Will and I took the kids to hike up Enchanted Rock.  The day had grown a little overcast and windy, it was very cold once we were up on top. 

(And yeah - I’m probably the only person who carries a purse hiking! But I wanted something to carry the new camera in, It came with a really big bulky bag and I wanted something I could carry across me if I needed my hands free to wrangle kids.)

Honestly I was a little nervous in some parts because the kids were just running up the trail and it had rained so the rock was very slick. I just had visions of Bella rolling down! (Naturally she said she thought that would be fun!)

This next one hasn’t been retouched in any way – it was just a strange day weather wise with patches of sun and also large patches of dark gray clouds. It was neat to see it from so high up.

Here is Jacob celebrating when we made it to the top. All the others at the top smiled because he was so exuberant.

On Sunday Will and his Dad took the kids fishing.  I was busy packing so I didn’t get out there to take pictures but here are the guys as they were headed back in.

I don’t think I can emphasize enough what a great time Lady had.

We packed up and visited one more winery before heading home.  William and Chris is our new favorite winery, their process is all handcrafted, small batch, just as things were done a hundred years ago. It is a very unpretentious winery that is putting out some excellent wines.

We had a simply wonderful time on our trip.  A great time with food and family in a simple, lovely setting.

To top it all off our favorite Austin restaurant, Trudy’s, now has a location out by the “Y” as you come in 290 towards Austin, so we also stopped in for lunch on the way home. The only thing better than a Hill Country Thanksgiving – is a Hill Country Thanksgiving + Great wine + QUESO!