Laura Bush's Texas

May 1 -- First lady Laura Bush says she loves every inch of her home state, and she's happy to show off Texas to the rest of the world.

Good Morning America toured Texas on the third day of its whirlwind road trip, which has launched ABCNEWS' "50 States — One Nation — One Year" special.

As part of our look at Texas, ABCNEWS' Claire Shipman sat down with Mrs. Bush so the first lady could answer some questions about the Lone Star State.

Shipman: What is your favorite nook or cranny in Texas that nobody else knows about?

Laura Bush: I love Texas and I've lived in almost every part of Texas over the years. I guess I'd have to say El Paso is one of my favorite towns. It's very remote, it's in a different time zone than the rest of Texas. It's desert, it's mountains. It has great wonderful dry weather. My grandparents lived there, my mother lived there, so I spent summers there as a child.

Shipman: What's your favorite place?

Mrs. Bush: Well, it's hard to say of all the many towns which is my favorite. I like all of them in a different way. I could live in any one of them again. I think that there's something about the cities and towns and all the places you grow up that make them always special to you for the rest of your life.

Shipman: And what's the most romantic place for you?

Mrs. Bush: Well, our ranch, our own home is the most romantic place. But I have to say anywhere outside in the summer at night under that big starry sky is pretty romantic.

Shipman: Is there one particular place on your ranch that you like to go with your husband?

Mrs. Bush: Well I think you've actually seen some of the really beautiful places on the ranch. We love to go for walks, in fact last Saturday when we were on the ranch we walked for 5 miles down into another canyon.

Shipman: What do you think your husband would say his favorite place is?

Mrs. Bush: His home … that's going to be my guess. You'll have to ask him, but I think that's right. We're both sort of homebodies.

Shipman: What are some of you favorite hangouts, not necessarily beautiful places, but just places you like to go?

Mrs. Bush: Well, I like a lot of places in Austin. I think Austin is a really vibrant and beautiful city. I went to college there. I met my husband when I was living there. And I moved back there of course for the six years we lived in the Governor's Mansion. In Austin there are beautiful running trails. My husband loved them when we were dating. And I loved them when we were living in the Governor's Mansion and you could walk straight down to the Colorado River to Town Lake to trails that go along there. There are a lot of great restaurants in Austin, we love Jeffrey's, we love Las Manitas, which is a café downtown which just serves breakfast and lunch. We're fond of San Miguel's, a Mexican food place. I'll have to say the thing we miss most right now about Texas is the Mexican food.