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63. The LBJ ranch

Sun Jul 14, 2019, 08:22 PM

Jul 2019

in Johnson City, TX. 1976.

It was spring time and the bluebonnets were everywhere. When we got to the ranch Lady Bird Johnson greeted us!

We had a picnic on the grounds surrounded by huge oak trees and big Longhorns off in the fields.

We went many years after that but my first class trip there was the most memorable.

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Favorite or most memorable field trip in grade school? [View all] sl8 Jul 2019 OP

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. AJT Jul 2019 #1

did you go in the coal mine? mopinko Jul 2019 #33

The coal mine and the uboat. I really liked the AT&T sound wave display. AJT Jul 2019 #34

That was always my favorite as well! I took the kiddo there last year and it was still awesome, Luciferous Jul 2019 #46

+1. Middle 1950's. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2019 #57

The Denver Symphony...probably 1962 or so. I remeber hearing this... likesmountains 52 Jul 2019 #2

1966 - when I was in 6th grade - a field trip to see a computer! Chemisse Jul 2019 #3

There was a farm my school board ran. We went there year after year. We applegrove Jul 2019 #4

The McCormick Spice Company in Baltimore, MD WestLosAngelesGal Jul 2019 #5

That would be totally cool for me even today as an old woman! csziggy Jul 2019 #7

Okay, that sounds awesome! n/t ms liberty Jul 2019 #29

In my small hometown the only field trips were to local places csziggy Jul 2019 #6

Oh, you was robbed. Friggin' mastodons are NOT overrated. But, you seem to have recovered OK. sl8 Jul 2019 #10

Out of school I got to go to cool places csziggy Jul 2019 #18

Madame Tussauds and the Planetarium were always my favorite Skittles Jul 2019 #8

In England, right? sl8 Jul 2019 #13

yes Skittles Jul 2019 #15

Mrs Gillfillan's class, Sleepy Hollow Elementary, Orinda, CA, 1976-77 mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #9

I don't know if this quite qualifys as a field trip but, The Figment Jul 2019 #11

The Warther museum in ohio (woodcarving) captain queeg Jul 2019 #12

The Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown, NY. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #14

Did that have a stone giant? sl8 Jul 2019 #16

You're thinking of the Cardiff Giant. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #17

Wow...so many of them! SeattleVet Jul 2019 #19

A visit to Lou's gas station in second grade Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #20

Did you end up becoming a mechanic? No? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #68

I lived two blocks away and spent a lot of time at Lou's over the years.... Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #70

Monterey Bay Aquarium sakabatou Jul 2019 #21

I can think of two TlalocW Jul 2019 #22

Summer school. Science program. Do not ask me why, as my hometown has a major university emmaverybo Jul 2019 #23

Well, one was an actual field trip while attending Doreen Jul 2019 #24

Going to COSI in Columbus, OH n/t JesterCS Jul 2019 #25

the local art museum was more fun than it should have been rampartc Jul 2019 #26

Universal Studios with my 8th grade drama class. 1991. dewsgirl Jul 2019 #27

Boston Aquarium mikeargo Jul 2019 #28

I have two: Cape Kennedy, and Nature's Classroom ms liberty Jul 2019 #30

The First Earth Day 1970 jpak Jul 2019 #31

1975 - Johnston Elementary School, Fort Huachuca, AZ. Aristus Jul 2019 #32

Two of 'em. Iggo Jul 2019 #35

Local Phone Company... Small Town, IL circa 1975 targetpractice Jul 2019 #36

Oh wait, how could I forget?!?!?! Iggo Jul 2019 #37

how long did that tour? because I am pretty sure I saw it and it would have had to have been 75 or 6 Kali Jul 2019 #40

Nov '76 to Apr '79. Iggo Jul 2019 #42

I think it was in San Francisco... Kali Jul 2019 #44

Hey.....there's Waldo! AJT Jul 2019 #50

Human autopsy for Psysiology JCMach1 Jul 2019 #38

way cool! Kali Jul 2019 #41

It was optional... some kids couldn't deal... JCMach1 Jul 2019 #65

That was the situation for us Kali Jul 2019 #66

The Liberty Bell and the Wonder Bread factory IcyPeas Jul 2019 #39

That's crazy. Same thing for us at the Weber's plant back in '68. Iggo Jul 2019 #43

Camarillo State Hospital (California) CloudWatcher Jul 2019 #45

The Ventura County Sheriffs made sure you didn't see any homeless people. hunter Jul 2019 #51

New York City, 5th grade. The whole week. NNadir Jul 2019 #47

I held hands with Margaret Lester in sixth grade at a performance panader0 Jul 2019 #48

Potato chip factory Shrek Jul 2019 #49

Haha, glad I scrolled through this thread, me too!... hibbing Jul 2019 #67

Boston Museum of Science or The New England Aquarium. tymorial Jul 2019 #52

1962, Silver Springs, FL on an elementary school field trip. dameatball Jul 2019 #53

I never had a field trip in grade school. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2019 #54

Me neither mainstreetonce Jul 2019 #59

The first field trip I remember (and it was memorable because it was the first) The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #55

Griffith Park Observatory and Travel Town, 'sixties. hunter Jul 2019 #56

Back before time snowybirdie Jul 2019 #58

No field trips ever. Poor Catholic school with very LuckyLib Jul 2019 #60

A chick hatchery Freddie Jul 2019 #61

It's no longer politically correct... Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #62

The LBJ ranch Texasgal Jul 2019 #63

I think it was 6th grade but we all piled into a bus yellowdogintexas Jul 2019 #64

I don't know if it counts, but in the 6th grade we went on a week long excursion ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #69