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In Johnson City, home of President Lyndon B. Johnson, you can visit the LBJ National Historic Park visitor’s center and the former president’s boyhood home. Take Texas 290 east from U.S. 281 in Johnson City to Avenue G and continue south till you see the signs. You can also check out the Johnson Family Settlement. For more, call (830) 868-7128 or go to www.nps.gov/ lyjo/index.htm.
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Sail above the hills — The Fault Line Flyers, a soaring club, takes off from a field in Briggs. The organization offers introductory rides the first Saturday of the month (weather permitting) from $60-$80. The glider port is located on CR 210 in northeast Burnet County about a mile west of the intersection with U.S. 183. For more, go to www. faultlineflyers.org.
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Experience a shootout — Have you ever wondered what it was like to get caught in a gunfight? Well here’s your chance. The Burnet Gunfighters dress in period costumes and put on a Wild West show at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays, weather permitting and based on the train schedule for the Hill Country Flyer. The guns keep cracking during the 20-minute fight at the Old Burnet Town on League Street one block from Jackson Street, east of the Courthouse on the Square. Call for specific shootout times at (512) 756-1872. For more, go to www.burnetgunfighters.org.
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Explore an old jail — The Llano Red Top Jail, located one block east of Ford Street (Texas 16 and Texas 71) off the square in Llano, offers a peek into how the sheriff and inmates operated in yesteryear. Built in 1895, the jail served well into the 20th century before the local authorities moved to a more modern structure. The rumor is that the Red Top Jail is home to a a ghost or two. The Friends of the Red Top Jail hosts tours and even a “jail break.” For more, go to www.llanomainstreet.com.
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