Spirits are high as they set out to find colorful interview subjects.
He offers them a wealth of information on the town and his eccentric family, many of whom wind up in the TV documentary. While Kate begins the process of producing the show and making arrangements for interviews, Robert, her husband and director, wanders out to get the feeling of the place. He discovers the remarkable story of the Treaty Oak, a tree in Austin that was poisoned by a lovesick Vietnam veteran. Realizing how the fate of one tree drew an entire community together, he decides this story must be a part of their film. Robert and Kate begin interviewing the subjects of their documentary.