I was talking to my good friend Jane from Utah last night and was again surprised at how difficult it is to explain what life is like for us now. I really didn't understand until I started living it myself. Life is slower, yet still busy for basic family things. People are nicer, almost everyone holds the door open for each other. I've even had to convince people in line that they really were there before me and I have not been flipped off or honked at on the road yet, even though I never know where I'm going.
Nayna
One weird thing about living here is that the sky seems HUGE! There are no mountains to judge where I am at in the world. In the Phoenix Metro Valley there are mountains surrounding the valley that let you know where you are at. In Flagstaff we could always tell where we were based on the mountains and hills. Here in the Ozarks, it all looks the same! Every farm road and rolling hill looks exactly the same. Directions are given by stores and man-made landmarks as well as odd things like "stump of that big oak" on the corner of Farm Road 79 and Highway Z. I'm learning to give the right directions so people can find our house.
For all my Arizona friends and family, I thought you might enjoy a little view of "God's Country" as everyone calls it here. This is a small clip of a civil war driving tour we took a couple miles from our home. All our Missouri friends will just think we are being silly video taping the trees. LOL! It is about how Arizonans feel when people take pictures of themselves in front of cactus.
Beautiful isn't it!?! If only it was as cool (temperature) as it looks. It was actually a very humid and muggy day, but we had a blast anyway.
I love it. I love the comparison to us taking a picture in front of a cactus. When we were in Missouri, it was beautiful there. Somehow at the end of June, beginning of July, we missed the heat and humidity. That was excellent for us because we camped the whole two weeks, otherwise, we would have been miserable. I do wish we had more trees here.
So beautiful-- I love seeing where you live! My kids all gathered around to watch the video, and we were astonished. ("Look! It's a tree! And another tree! Oh, look-- a tree! And grass! Why is it so green?")
LOL! We were like that when we first moved here...craning our necks everywhere we went to see all the green. The thing that is hard to impress is how it is almost like a jungle, the trees and shrubs are so close together. I don't know how the pioneers got through. When it cools off we are going to do more video of the lake and hiking through the brush.
This is what it looks like in the Summer. We'll have to see if we still love it in the Winter. ;-)
I love it. I love the comparison to us taking a picture in front of a cactus. When we were in Missouri, it was beautiful there. Somehow at the end of June, beginning of July, we missed the heat and humidity. That was excellent for us because we camped the whole two weeks, otherwise, we would have been miserable. I do wish we had more trees here.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful-- I love seeing where you live! My kids all gathered around to watch the video, and we were astonished. ("Look! It's a tree! And another tree! Oh, look-- a tree! And grass! Why is it so green?")
ReplyDeletePoor AZ children... LOL!
LOL! We were like that when we first moved here...craning our necks everywhere we went to see all the green. The thing that is hard to impress is how it is almost like a jungle, the trees and shrubs are so close together. I don't know how the pioneers got through. When it cools off we are going to do more video of the lake and hiking through the brush.
ReplyDeleteThis is what it looks like in the Summer. We'll have to see if we still love it in the Winter. ;-)