Mexican music and food? it s where the punchiest cowboys are in the united states. it don t get rougher. we are 120 miles from the nearest walmart. 10 miles from a tank of gas and loaf of bread. everything here is five hours away. property been in your family for generations? fourth generation. fifth generation. my dad came out here in the 30s and 40s and his dad came out in the 1880s. not a lot of people get to do this. shelly: the ranch is approximately 70,000 acres. we don t use anything other than a horse.
Stations, and nothing but nothing and, you know, suddenly i arrive in marfa. and it s like, would you like some bruschetta, some salumi, some $900 ponchos?.” shelly: that s right. [ laughter ] anthony: what s going on? shelly: clearly it s not the old, old family marfa. ty: marfa has become three distinct cultures tourist town, art town, cowboy town. it s got it all. you can get calamari in marfa. who would ve thunk it 20 years ago? nobody knew what the word meant.
shelly: jalapeno cheese grits. anthony: nice. shelly: of course they re buttermilk biscuits. anthony: this is an area of texas that is legendary for whatever you might ve thought you were going to do here, nature wins. all: always. anthony: always? bodie: it ll not rain for 20 years, and you just stay as long as you can and it just starts raining. anthony: so, how do you make a living? bodie: basically, dig in. gentleman: work like hell and don t spend any money. [ laughter ] evan: this table, right here, is filled with people who truly care about the land and what happens to it. gentleman: you have to have the heart to stay, and want to stay, and make something of it while you re here. if you got a weak heart, you won t last. evan: i mean, i m graduating next year, and i m going to go to college. go through law school, finish, but i want to come back out here. there are kids that are my age that will never see this, never have this, never be able to know pe
[ laughter ] shelly: the cabrito that we re eating, yesterday was a live goat. shelly: we like it spicy jalapenos and onions and fresh tomatoes. man: if you ve got a bunch of gringos, it s perfect. [ laughter ] anthony: how mexican is west texas? this is where it is. shelly: the other side of that mountain, 20 miles as a crow flies. anthony: those flavors, those sounds. that s yours also. right? bodie: oh, yeah. i learned to talk spanish nearly before i learned to talk english. evan: it s the good vanilla from mexico. levens: old mexico or new mexico? evan: old mexico. shelly: chuy s mother comes from mexico, south of ojinaga. chuy: yes. that s right. anthony: and how long have you guys been riding together? bodie: me and him? anthony: yeah, you and him. bodie: 35 years. chuy: it s an awesome way of life.
United states are. it don t get no rougher. shelly: i mean, we re 120 miles from the nearest walmart, 40 miles to a tank of gas or a loaf of bread. evan: out here, pretty much everything is five hours away. anthony: and the property has been in the family how many generations now? shelly: this is the fourth generation. bodie: fifth. shelly: fifth generation. my granddad came here in the 30s. bodie s family came out here in 1880. anthony: not a lot of people left get to do this. bodie: there s still a lot of cowboys. they re just hard to see from the highway. shelly: the ranch is approximately 70,000 acres. we don t use anything other than a horse. no four wheelers, no helicopters. anthony: excuse me for saying
Life. shelly: jalapeno cheese grits. anthony: nice. shelly: of course they re buttermilk biscuits. anthony: this is an area of texas that is legendary for whatever you might ve thought you were going to do here, nature wins. all: always. anthony: always? bodie: it ll not rain for 20 years, and you just stay as long as you can and it just starts raining. anthony: so, how do you make a living? bodie: basically, dig in. gentleman: work like hell and don t spend any money. [ laughter ] evan: this table, right here, is filled with people who truly care about the land and what happens to it. gentleman: you have to have the heart to stay, and want to stay, and make something of it while you re here. if you got a weak heart, you won t last. evan: i mean, i m graduating next year, and i m going to go to college. go through law school, finish, but i want to come back out here. there are kids that are my age that will never see this, never have this, never be able to k
shelly: the cabrito that we re eating, yesterday was a live goat. shelly: we like it spicy jalapenos and onions and fresh tomatoes. man: if you ve got a bunch of gringos, it s perfect. [ laughter ] anthony: how mexican is west texas? this is where it is. shelly: the other side of that mountain, 20 miles as a crow flies. anthony: those flavors, those sounds. that s yours also. right? bodie: oh, yeah. i learned to talk spanish nearly before i learned to talk english. evan: it s the good vanilla from mexico. levens: old mexico or new mexico? evan: old mexico. shelly: chuy s mother comes from mexico, south of ojinaga. chuy: yes. that s right. anthony: and how long have you guys been riding together? bodie: me and him? anthony: yeah, you and him. bodie: 35 years. chuy: it s an awesome way of