Learning to Accept New Places: Red Mountain, Red Hair,

Anyone else ever been to Colorado? Well, I live there (or here, I guess). I live right next to Red Mountain where - you guessed it- the dirt is all RED. I lived in Colorado 10 years ago and moved back in June of this year to Parachute. 3 weeks ago I moved to Glenwood Springs which sit under the shadows of Mount Sopris and Red Mountain. After using the water here for that 3 weeks my hair is gaining a red tint. Same with everyone in my family (the exception being my brother). For almost every person who lives here, that I've seen, their hair has a red tint.


*sigh*


Why must Colorado be so different from Michigan... Oh, that's right. Here every one lives in the mountains where the closest water is rivers, streams, and the (very few and far between) lakes. In Michigan you live on one of two huge peninsula's where you are never more than 72 miles from water. At least in Colorado there are a few... okay, many things different/better than in Michigan.


1) A WHOLE LOT LESS HUMIDITY
2) Sunnier skies
3) Beautiful mountain and scenery
4) Less mosquitoes and
5) Beautiful sunsets


Some downs are...


1) NO FRESH CHERRIES (what's up with that?)
2) A different type of beautiful sunset other than the one solely to Michigan
3) You have to pay to swim :( 
4) You can't walk/bike from your house to the beach (unless you are some freakin' very determined person) and
5) In Michigan no one got red tinted hair from WATER


But one has to learn that not everything is likable where you live so must learn to live with what you like and disregard the thoughts of what you don't. 

Brittany B.