I was thinking as I was driving home the other day about how different the populated areas of California are from rural Colorado. If we happen to move back to So Cal, there will be many things about this country that I will miss.
I will miss the early morning sunrise in the distant horizon and the orange glow of the sunset over the distant Spanish Peaks on the way home. (They say here in Colorado that God must be a Bronco fan, otherwise why did He make the sunsets orange!) I will miss the owls swooping down from the trees in the dawnlight of the mornings and the hawks gliding over the fields in the afternoons. I will miss the deer staring at me by the side of the road and then bounding over the barbed wire fence past the herd of cattle. The pronghorn (antelope) running across the fields and the red-tail fox sitting by her den. The prairie dogs standing at attention as you drive by. The birds of so many different colors that we never saw in So Cal--bright yellow, brillant blue, shades of red and orange. In the fall, the golden aspens as we drive through the mountain passes, and the Blue Spruce by the campgrounds in the summer.
If we move back to California, I won't miss the below zero temperatures! But who knows where God will move us??
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Yes, I will miss the animal life in Colorado too! I will miss counting the hawks sitting on the fence posts on my way to school. But, I will not miss the cold, cold, air; nor will I miss the distance driving to everywhere; nor will I miss the lack of Christian fellowship or caring; nor will I miss the absence of family. Me
I understand what you mean. It was/is always nice to visit you guys in Colorado. In all honesty it is far more relaxing than the times I visited in California. It sure is lovely out there.
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