Tuesday morning (March 7th) we finished loading up the Budget rental truck, checked out of our apartment in Minnesota at 9am, and were on the road by 9:15. We drove south through Iowa to Des Moines, went west through Nebraska, and then southwest into Colorado. We made it to Fort Morgan, CO, by 10:30pm and found a motel that accepted cats. :)
The next morning (March 8th) as we were about to head down through Denver, we heard that Denver was in the middle of a blizzard. So we backtracked a few miles to Brush and drove south to Limon and then to Colorado Springs, bypassing the storm! We pulled in to our apartment complex right around Noon. About 10 minutes after we got here, the blizzard hit Colorado Springs, and we got to unload the truck in a snowstorm!
Nearly everything was unloaded by Wednesday evening, except the boxspring and the couch. We got those moved in on Thursday.
Today is Saturday and we've spent a lot of time the last few days unpacking crates, finding good places for all of our belongings, and exploring our new city. There are only two boxes left to unpack, and I really don't know where their contents are going to end up!
The weather has been really sporadic since we moved in: sunny and warm, then cloudy and cool, then snowing, then sunny and warm again...all within a few hours. :) What's neat, though, is that we can see the clouds coming over the mountains and can see the snow falling up on the mountains long before it gets here. And during the blizzard on Wednesday - the one while we moved in - we ended up with about 1-2" of snow; just five minutes up the road they got 6" of snow!
Our new apartment is really nice. I am particularly fond of the wood-burning fireplace in the living room, and the washer and dryer! The kitchen has so much cupboard space, too, it's a nice change from our last apartment.
Within 5 minutes of our place we have 3 supermarkets, a Borders book store, a 20-screen movie theater (with great popcorn!), tons of walking/biking trails, every restaurant imaginable...and just 10 minutes from here is the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo! Plenty to do and see if you all come visit!
3 comments:
I like that you said "all of our belongings." You packrat! ;)
Your place is gorgeous, and I can't wait to come visit! Love you!
You'll love Colorado Springs, no doubt. Your view of the mountains and description of the clouds brings back memories of what a wonder it was to live at the foothills. We lived on Happiness Drive - a long time ago ! - jas
Fantastic! One day I'll come and visit you and Gus :D
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