Couple of points. Ferfal pointed out that being in the boondocks wasn’t safe. You may be armed to the teeth but roving bands of pirates can surround you and wait you out. He pointed out the ranchers in his country met particularly gruesome fates. A la South Africa.
Texas has always been a bit of a foreign country for me, growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s in that corner of New Mexico that is embedded in it. Having long hair at the time I avoided Texas and Texans as much as possible. In my “seniority” I have adopted values and principles much more in line with those Texans proclaim but there are still things about Texas that give me pause. This “nine dead in Waco” being one.
I will say, 15 years ago when I was begging my wife to leave here and go to Switzerland or New Zealand or anywhere we might be welcome with our firearms she dug in her heels firmly. I have worked myself to near death turning this place into someplace we might have a hope of surviving in. Fencing, rain water harvesting, emergency fuel, generator, gardens, etc. yesterday she tells me,”Maybe we should move to Texas.”. Here I been knocking myself out building a “life raft” that ain’t obvious from the street and in one day she decides maybe Texas. It was too much.
I think Texas will appreciate the buffer lands of New Mexico and Oklahoma. I will be fifty miles north of the Red River, but should the lines faulter I am developing an escape plan to Texas. Thankfully, we have some conservative relatives down there. Like you, I am too much invested in where I am to up and leave. Oklahomans are tough as Texans, but there just are not that many of us.
LMAO! You are dealing with your own “Supreme Court”.
LOL! A great surprise ending to your little opus there! LOL! God love her! Thx for the smiles! Rita