- the dream of the american west was come out here, get your own little piece of paradise, you work hard, raise cattle. you make enough money to look after the family. - sure, i'd love to cook you one. [indistinct chatter] ♪ ♪ - [whistles] ♪ ♪ [truck idling] ♪ ♪ [mooing] - this land, it's really for one thing, and that's producing livestock. they've tried to farm it, it doesn't work. and, you know, except for beautiful views, that's what it can produce. - west texas and big bend, this area, are you the platonic ideal of the texan?