Nope. Snake on terrain in Pedernales State Park.

Nope. Tree roots.

Following their interviews, Danny Terry, Jani “Alligani” Schofield, and Cowboy Doug Davis raise a farewell toast to StoryCorps. Incidentally, Jani has the distinction of being the first woman to win, in 1971, the first-place trophy in the Terlingua Chili Cook-off, an event that previously had been open only to men.

Facilitator Jackie Goodrich gets in a few practice rounds after a day of interviews in Luckenbach Texas.

Neal Brown interviewed his friend, Cowboy Doug Davis, in the “Hondo Hilton” at Luckenbach Texas. Looks like they had a good time…wonder what they talked about?

Helen "Shatzie" Crouch (left) with her daughter, Becky Crouch Patterson, and StoryCorps facilitator Jackie Goodrich (center). Shatzie recalls a blissful childhood on her family’s ranch, where sheep and goats thrived on native underbrush and you had to pass through 23 gates to reach Fredericksburg, 12 miles away. She roamed the hills and canyons with her dog, "afraid of nothing and free to use my imagination."

Shatzie Crouch and her late husband Hondo were among the group that bought Luckenbach in 1970, founding a musical and cultural haven that thrives today. In the dance hall the band room becomes a StoryBooth.

Originally a trading post and meeting place for the ranching folks in the area, Luckenbach also hosted shooting competitions and song fests. By the late 1960s, the general store, dance hall, and other buildings had fallen into disrepair. “Downtown Luckenbach” was put up for sale and subsequently purchased by a cohort of imaginative friends, who made this “living museum” a vibrant center of music and entertainment.

StoryCorps returns to Texas hill country for a day of field recording in Luckenbach Texas. It ain’t a big place, but it’s history ain’t small, neither!

Pearl Cox and her mother, Mrs. Pease, run the House of Elegance in East Austin. More than a beauty salon, the business has been a place where locals are greeted with hugs and treated as family. The clientele spans generations of devoted customers.

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans native Abe Louise Young founded Alive in Truth, a project where caring Austin citizens listen to and record the stories of people displaced by the storm. Alive in Truth has been collecting these oral histories since September 4, 2005. In the StoryCorps booth Abe interviewed former New Orleans residents Joe Navis and Big Chief Kevin Goodman, who are now living in Austin and have participated in her project.

While StoryCorps participant Kathie Goldsmith gets ready for her interview, her daughter, Willow, gets ready for her close-up.

Big Chief Kevin Goodman of the Mardi Gras Indians grew up hand-sewing costumes in New Orleans. The Mardi Gras Indians pay tribute to Native Americans who helped end slavery. Goodman, grateful for the kindess shown to him in Austin since arriving here after Hurrican Katrina, has reciprocated by sharing his unique craft in Texas, making costumes for Fat Tuesday and performing his music around the city.

Local singer/songwriter, Danny Terry, takes requests at the bar behind the Luckenbach Post Office. Our best pick: “I Ain’t Really a Cowboy (I Just Found a Hat).”

Facilitators Jackie Goodrich and Laura Spero pay a visit to Luckenbach Texas, raising the town’s population to five.

…and watch silent films on the big outdoor screen while they wait.

Parked at Austin’s Shady Grove Restaurant, StoryCorps facilitators feel right at home in Texas with Airstream chili…

Parked in front of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the StoryCorps MobileBoothWest welcomes its first guests, Luci Baines Johnson (in light blue suit), and her long-time friend, Sandy Youman, beside her.