Changes

It's a time of transition, of change, of metamorphosis. Our wedding was outstanding. It was not hitch-less, by any means, but it was perfectly us and was a send-off into the rest of our lives as changed people, new people. I will get into that at a later date, but I wanted to say a little something about all the changes in Lander.

As we returned home, out first home as a married couple, our first home as Husband and Wife, there are new things to discover about the town. The mountains were covered in new snow. Our backyard was covered in new grass. Our floor in covered with new tile. The weather swings back and forth in its traditional orbit of springtime, 60 degrees paired with heavy, roof-creaking snow, and back again.

Restaurants and businesses are coming around with new signs, signs declaring their new summer hours. A new Safeway has opened in Lander, rumored to be the biggest in Wyoming. It is all its cracked up to be, with fresh flowers (I picked up some calle lilies and irises), fresh fish, and naan. Seriously, naan! A new bar, The Forge, will open up this month. An old coffee shop is looking for a new angle (we're rooting for wine bar) to compete with a new coffee shop in an old hamburger drive-in joint. A new diner just opened in an old truck stop. And signs on Main Street direct desperate Lander shoppers to a new clothing boutique, promising women new, over-priced clothing options.

What's next for our small town? What new changes?

It will be nice to be here for the summer, without the pressure of weekend commuting back and forth to Ft. Collins, to see the changes that come.