Today we tour Austin TX, after hearing so much about it. It is the capital and is about a million people. We found the Train station and parked the car (free), got two $7 all day tickets and hopped on the train. 45 minute ride into the downtown stop and then walk around from there. We hoofed it to the Capital building which is big (this is Texas), and got a free tour of the building, history, etc. The House only meets every two years and this is an off year so not a lot going on. The center is a a giant silo that lets you see all the way to the top of the dome. The guide says if you take the Statue of Liberty off the stone base, it would fit inside. This is Texas.
We then walked to the LBJ Library / Museum. The 3rd, 4th and 10th floors are the museum and the reset are the library / admin. LBJ was pretty colorful and got a lot done because he was a workaholic and figure out how to use the telephone day and night to push legislation through. He was a democrat and wanted to finish of the social programs that FDR had started. They did not sugar coat the failure of the Vietnam War and how it overshadowed all the good things he did. He could not end the war.
Back on the street and down to Congress Street which is the old part of the city and found a coffee shop to rest our feet in the nice afternoon sun. We got back on the train and 45 minutes later were in the car and headed out of town. Fredericksburg TX was about the right distance to call it a day. This town was founded by German immigrants in the 1840's and it is a big tourist town (10K people). Lots of stone buildings and everything well groomed. Lots of things for tourists to do.
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