Feet Back Under Me Day 3: Small Towns!

Having gone from a bustling city in the land of sun showers to a small, historic town has been so great!  One thing about it is just how close everything is sometimes.  I say "sometimes" because having to go over the pass to a bigger city to find stores like Best Buy or my personal favorite, JoAnn's Fabrics, is a necessity.  However, a good coffee shop, grocery store, quaint downtown, delicious restaurants and my own home are pretty much in about three or four miles of each other!

Tonight I had to swing downtown after work and worked briefly on finding an address.  I couldn't help but laugh that the address was a half a block search from where I parked on a cross street.  And as I found the address I was looking for I discovered my little town has a beautiful Jewish temple tucked into its streets.  I feel like I never know what I will find next!  As I wound my way through the narrow streets I realized that after only three and a half months, I am using my GPS less and less and almost never down town.

I love that I can walk from my church to the Amtrak station on the other side of down town in about five minutes or so, depending if I take the detour to get a coffee or not.  I don't really know people outside of work in this town yet but when I previously spent a half an hour walking in and out of shops on the main street, I was greeted with smiles and kindness and many welcomes when I said I had recently moved to town!  I want to get involved with my community here and get to know people  and be able to wave at people I see on the street and help out around town.  Corny, yes, but I haven't felt such a welcome and generous spirit in a community in a long time.  Cheers to small towns!  Can't wait to get to know it better!