Colorado wildflowers
One of the things that pull me to Colorado, among the many, are the flowers. It is just amazing the colors, abundance and randomness of them. They grow from cracks, crevices, behind waterfalls, on rocks. They literally make up peoples front yards.
And they grow wild along the gentle streams.
I do believe the flowers alone could entice me to move there. The only problem would be the lack of an ocean. I hear these cold dwelling people have adapted to being land locked and now surf on snow. ;*) They even get tans and say “Duuuude”.
We miss Colorado. Really, really miss it. This happens every time we go there. The first time we went, on our honeymoon, we decided to move there. It is the reason why Billy went back to school to be a PA. We love the people, and I feel at home there…..the way I do at the beach. The only problem was, after visiting Pagosa and Durango one winter during PA school, we decided we could not take the cold…..or more accurately, Billy could not take the cold. The man needs to roam. When he is cooped up, he is antsy and hard to be around. Picture a pacing, caged panther. He has so much drive to be out there doing whatever, and cannot stand the idea of being stranded inside. No matter how I try to tell him it would not be that way, he thinks we would be snowbound much of the winter. So be it.
So, our solution is that we will live at the beach, and head to Colorado during the summer on vacation. We have scoped out a magnificent trailer park on the river, and will bring the 5′er next year.
The best of both worlds.
Me too, I love Colorado in the summer. My sister lives in Denver and my mom will be moving there one of these days and my Aunt and Uncle are in Grand Junction, which means summer in CO for me, I’m hoping two months in 2010…maybe one day we can meet there
That’s how my husband and I feel about Vermont, where we lived when I was in college. Except that we’ve only been back once in the four years since then…
I know how you feel.
PS- Great job on the new design!! I love the header!
I miss Colorado winters.
But not enough to want the hot, hot summers. Whew.
I was born and raised in Colorado! I LOVED it there. Now, I’m a world traveler thanks to the Army. Hopefully we’ll retire there.