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Reloader wrote:restored Sherman tank and one smaller tank who's designation escapes me.

Could be a Stuart tank, which preceded the Sherman.

That does sound familiar. It is very cool to hear those things in action even though they were shooting blanks with a light load

Reloader wrote:take a tour of ther LBJ Ranch complex. has working ranch, the 1900 Saur-Beckmann farm as it was in 1900, the working ranch, and the rest of the compex. It is in Stonewall. Well worth the trip.

Yea, the LBJ ranch is a good look as well. The Saur-Beckman farm is fun. The people working there are in period costumes and operate it as they did in 1900. Everything they have can be found in the Sears-Roebuck catalog from that time. They even have some items there that can be found in the catalog that they have. The workers cook lunch everyday from food from that farm. Unfortunately, the only people that can eat it are the workers themselves but believe me, it's gooooood.

If you bring your kids, the ladies always try to get them to gather the chicken eggs. If I never have to gather another egg as long as I live, that would be great but my kids get a kick out of it.

Ditto to the Nimitz Museum. Let the wife hunt for trinkets and one can spend a couple days at the museum. Make sure to take the time to read the descriptions by each display.

There are a coulple displays that I would like to bring to everyone's attention. The first has a high ranking Japanese officer stating that a land invasion of the US was never even considered because virtually every US citizen had a gun. It just wasn't worth it to have to face 1000's of snipers. There is also a display that states that the only fully equipped and functional army unit on the west coast on Dec. 7th 1941 was a calvary unit that still trained on horseback.

Without the 2nd ammendment, one can infer from both of those statements that Japan could have very easily captured much of the western seaboard had they had a mind to do so. I'm sure there were enough natural resources for it to be worth it. Had China been able to mount a more effective defense, the Japanese probably would have wanted to. Good thing China has no 2nd ammendment.

The George Bush museum is now closed for renovations and I don't know for how long. The old one was pretty nice.

If it can be done, try to plan your trip around when they do re-enactments. I was lucky enough to be able to take my family to one last summer at the 4th of July. They have virtually all of the small arms that were used and they have a fully functional restored Sherman tank and one smaller tank who's designation escapes me. They demonstrate all of the small arms and then they reinact the taking of a pillbox complete with flamethrower. The heat from that flamethrower is still intense 100' away.

They do provide earplugs which are definately needed.

I don't know about any gun shop in FBG. The Wall Mart still sells guns and has a pretty good collection of rifles and shotguns. You know, like they used to do at all of them? I've not seen that Cimarron store that was mentioned in a previous post. I'll have to look for it on my next trip up there.

I actually grew up in the area and go to visit mom as much as I can so I'm up that way several times a year.