Everbody’s somebody in Luckenbach!
If you like to stray off the beaten path, like David and I do, to visit sights seldom seen by the tourist crowds, then Luckenbach, Texas is a place worth visiting. This Texas town is located in the middle of nowhere with not much to see and it is like a trip back in time to a previous era when life was less complicated. Undoubtedly you have heard the song made famous by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings…. Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas … Luckenbach is little more than a bend in the road. A couple of shabby old buildings stand beneath a grove of live oak trees. A sign as you enter town says: "population 3", however we were told on one of our visits that 2 of those had died and the population was now down to only one. The Luckenbach post office/general store/saloon stands in the bend. Out back, folks sit on benches under the oak trees sipping Lone Star and Shiner Bock and listening to who ever is on stage. David and I have made numerous trips to Luckenbach. Our first trip was in the wintertime on a cold and rainy day. It was not exactly how I had envisioned Luckenbach would look. The image in my mind was more of an old western town, with stores, saloons, jail, etc. Imagine my surprise when we arrived only to find an old country store located in a bend in the road and THAT was Luckenbach! That day we bought a few post cards in the store and had them stamped with the Luckenbach postmark. Then we proceeded to go into the back of the store where there is a very small bar area. We sipped on a couple of Shiner Bock’s and listened to a couple of locals play their guitars and sing while we all sat around a pot-bellied stove to keep warm. It was magical! Other trips we made there were to buy gifts for people or to take visitors to experience what Luckenbach is all about. One time we arrived only to find that 1500 motorcyclists were there for the weekend. Talk about shock! Luckenbach is an interesting place and I would highly recommend if you are ever in the Texas hill country you must drop by and check it out.
that's my mother and step father sitting on the porch, we took them to Luckenbach when they visited us from North Carolina
