When Wuhan hit and the explosion in interest in the outdoors hit, the almost solid line of Texas license plates was pretty noticeable. For all the "Texas is the greatest" yapping seems that 2% public land thing really sucks.
That memorial week we did our usual ride into Jackson Hole, and around that country. Gone were the tour busses from California. Replaced by Texas plates.
Now. What my own eyes saw, was an influx of new public land campers that summer and into fall. Apparently when one lives in Texas, one stays in private campgrounds, which must have full time garbage men picking up after them. They must also have full time firefighters, because NO FIRE signs all over the forest, apparently Grant exemptions to The Lone Star State.
To be completely honest, my biggest fear is Utah hunting becoming Texas. We already have the private hunting corporations. We then followed that up with night vision, bait, etc. I was waiting for the outfitting class to begin investing in corn cannons.
All year that year, seeing Texas on every other plate, everywhere in the west, I kept hearing that dumbass little troll Ted Cruz with his "2% public land is 2% too much" line.
Stereotypes often are true, but I enjoy the Texas dudes I've been around. Kinda like talking to Donald Trump, just with a drawl.
"Big, best, greatest......."