Missing Texas

During the last few weeks before the move, I was keeping mental tabs on what I'd miss after we moved. By a huge margin, numbers one and two on the list are our amazing family and friends, but a few of the others (in no particular order) are:

• The sky. It's a subtle thing, one I didn't really notice until we moved back to Texas from two years in Baltimore, but the sky in Texas is so much bigger!! Maybe it's the lack of trees, the expansive pastures, or lack of topological features, but driving from place to place the beauty of the sky and drama of all kinds of weather is palpably present.  
• Whataburger. One of their big billboards right now says "Texas is a Whataburger state, lucky you!" During our last few weeks in Texas, I kept mentally changing it to "Texas is a Whataburger state, you lucky bastards!"
• Freebirds. We probably ate at this College Station burrito haven at least once a week all through my college years, and our fellow graduates have made it easy for the brand to establish new locations all over Texas. Sadly, they have yet to reach the Pacific Northwest. (Decent facimilies exist, but it's never quite the same) 
• Plentiful, delicious TexMex. I know they'll have some mexican restaurants up north, but I'm expecting a huge drop in both quantity and quality. Luckily TexMex is my cooking forte, and there's always the wonderful Homesick Texan for new recipes and inspiration. As soon as we're settled I'm planning to order an entire crate of Mateo's salsa, a Frisco brand which has quickly become a staple for us. Jonathan will eat it on almost anything and even Sam is a fan.
• Country music. I'm not a huge country fan; back home I'd generally flip through the country station as often as alt rock, classical or pop. But if our time in Baltimore is any guide, my radio time is going to be pretty much all country from here on out. It just sounds like home!
• Streets with names. Less a Texas thing than a Seattle thing; 95% of the rental houses we've browsed through are on numbered streets. The addresses are horrible mouthfuls, like 65583 SE 127th St. Just try saying that out loud! Oh, and heaven forbid you leave out the SE qualifier on Google maps, who knows where you'll end up. I miss street names that stick in the mind, like Teel, Grayhawk, El Dorado, Cattle Drive Ln (a real street!), or Shiny Peacock Feather Dr (possibly not a real street). They don't have to make sense, that's half the fun.
• The heat? This gets a question mark because it's extremely qualified. I'm mostly looking forward to having outdoor activities in the summer, but every now and then that soul-melting Texas heat comes in handy. Like when you're having a nice dinner out with family and between the restaurant's AC and the after-dinner chill, you're almost shivering by the end of the meal. Then you walk outside and bingo! Not cold anymore :-) Also applies to long days in over-air conditioned schools and office buildings.

Any other Texas expats want to add to the list?