Living in Lamar

I think it will be interesting to post my initial impressions of my new city and then see how they evolve over time.

Lamar is windy and dusty with vast horizons.  The winter weather is really wonderful so far - it's just frosty enough to feel like winter ~down in the 20's at night~  for the most part it gets up into the mid 50's during the day -  so far it has lived up to it's "300 days of sunshine"!!!

The people are super nice - most of our neighbors have introduced themselves, offered help or supplies in renovating and encouraged us in our efforts.

It is a small town of about 8,000 people - about double the size of Dover-Foxcroft, ME.  Our altitude is 3,622 - not mile high like Denver but when I baked a cake there was definitely something I should have done differently!  A lot of truckers come through here going north to Denver and south to Amarillo.  We have a BIG truck stop and lots of motels right near the cross section of 50 and 287.

There is some variety in restaurants - we have the typical fast food - except no Dunkin Donuts or coffee shop! What is up with that.......!!!!!  We have very good Thai, Chinese, Mexican (both authentic and "Taco Johns" which is a better version of Taco Bell), and let's not forget the Cow Palace which is American food (when my husband ordered Tofu, which was on the menu, the waitress had never heard of it and when she checked they were "all out").  Hmmmm.

There is a little bit of yoga...one class a week at the community center and a Tuesday night class starting in a couple weeks at the yoga ranch.  I plan to look into teaching soon.....

There are a lot of cattle, and therefore a lot of people that make their living on cattle. These are modern cowgals and boys and they've been riding horses all their lives.  The girl that cuts my hair starts her day on the ranch - this month is calving time! (I do miss Sheila and she was a horse rider too so this works for me) I admire this and I also plan to ride a horse here in not too long.

There is a movie theater and we have two new movies every week! It's an old carefully renovated gem!  Plan to see lots of movies there.

One oddness is the cat  population.  "Gone Wild" would not be an understatement.  The cats are everywhere...no matter what street you drive down there is one climbing out of the sewer as you turn the corner or crossing the street right in front of you - they are everywhere.

I am happy so far - we have my brother and family in Denver so that adequately balances our need for the city life and it's AWESOME being closer to family than I ever have been in my adult life.