The transfer to Denver is mostly complete. We haven’t unpacked completely yet, so we have lots of boxes, piles of random belongings looking for a place to be, which makes our home look like there are hobos with a severe case of hoarding living there. We are enjoying our transition to the front range way of life.
Denver is a good size city, and has lots of the same services and features that Houston has. There are some differences though. Since most everyone wants to know what is different, I’ll focus on those instead of what is the same as Houston, and compile that list here.
1- That big angry day moon is out everyday. seriously. Everyday-FREAKING-DAY.
2- Like Portlandia has DJ’s There are burritos EVERYWHERE. They are much smaller too. I haven’t seen a Freebird’s or Taqueria Arandas Super burrito size burrito… yet.
3- Speaking of Burritos, there is a difference between ‘tex-mex’ and what is consdered mexican here. Less cheese here, and they favor a green chile sauce. It’s pretty tasty. If you’ve ever had a hatch green chile sauce from lupe’s or arandas, you know what is going on here.
4- There are little roads on the side of the actual road for people to walk on, and they are everywhere! I am so used to dodging this girl when walking the dogs I’m not really sure what to do with this path.
5- Everyone is very polite. *REALLY* *REALLY* polite. I submit for your review the following examples..
- I forgot my poop bags on a walk. A lady behind me was walking her dogs, and I asked if she had a spare bag, as I didn’t wanna be *that* new neighbor. She apologized to me, that her dog was a bit excited, so she didn’t want to approach my dogs and said she would pick up my dog’s poop for me. SHE PICKED UP MY DOG’s POOP. A complete stranger… poop.
- Every time I turn on my signal to merge onto I25, They let me in. And I don’t mean they were busy updating facebook on their iPhone so I snuck in, They actually give a few car lengths of space and wave you in. In Houston, this is grounds for permanent license revocation and possible felony charges for impeding the natural flow of traffic.
- We live in what Denver considers “transitional” All the kids in the neighborhood are polite and nice. No BB guns, no saggy pants, no tagged walls. They didn’t say sir and ma’am though, so I guess they are lost souls… In our Houston “transitional” neighborhood we had people trying to sell us downy and using the empty lot for the same purpose our dogs used it for. I suppose the meaning of “transitional” is relative.
6- Denver is very dog friendly. Dogs are EVERYWHERE. Most shops have water bowls. tiedowns and free milkbones.
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| Tea time with doggies |
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| Dog treats are everywhere |
The weather does change quickly..
This was Saturday in the mountains at 8300FT(2600M).
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| Birthday Hike |
This was Monday morning in the city 5200FT(~1600M)
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| Snow Drive |
More to come…
