My younger brother married a Texas girl he met in Air Force Tech School. Very devout Southern Baptist, the daughter of a Chief Master Sergeant. I believe they have been married for 47 years because my wife and I are fast approaching our forty-ninth wedding Anniversary in a couple of months. She married up because my brother went to OTS and got a force reduction retirement as a Major after 17 years. My brother Bob is now a dyed in the wool Texan
I have to tell you about my youngest brother's experience in Texas. Years ago in the 1980's he was on a crew of contract installers putting in Central Office relay racks and patch fields for fiber optic gear.
After many long months they finally completed the contract, packed up their trucks stood in the parking lot of the long term motel to say goodbye, then head home to various parts of the country.
One of the crew asked the supervisor what he was going to do next? He told them that he was going to put a tortilla on the truck aerial and drive East. If he stopped to rest or get gas and heard anyone ask him why he had a tortilla on his truck aerial, he was going to keep driving until somebody asked, "what is the funny looking thing on your truck aerial" and then he would know he was home.
Much like when my friend retired when we lived in Alaska. He said he was going to drive south until someone asked him why there was a plug hanging out the front of his car.