Dude...
...Perfectly understand the ND thingy...having been "assigned" to Grand Fucksorks myself for a winter (after having been "assigned" to Yuma, AZ for the preceding summer...I know just exactly how a Sara Lee pie feels...).
Still...Tejas?!?
OK, so the scuba diving is probably a bit better'n my recommendation, which is one state west. Still, except for that, NM beats TX hands down. Besides, there's always Elephant Butte....
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT