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My experience so far in Pueblo and Colorado Springs.
Wish I would have moved here sooner. Though this is summer and not had my first winter experience yet, I love it here. I am in love with the natural beauty. Northeast Colorado Springs is so beautiful, I thought if I was to die, this is where I wanna be.
Rains almost everyday in Colorado Springs. BTW, which is the most beautiful town I have seen so far. First thing I thought about when I saw Colorado Springs was the movie Dante's Peak. The thunder you hear over here has nothing on the Texas storms. The thunder has more of a crackling sound. Nothing intense about it. Pea size hail is common though.
Haven't been up to Pikes Peak yet. My understanding is right now the base is 80-90 degrees and the top is in the 40's.
Speed limit is 75 on the outside highways. Which is nice. But my brother-in-law got a ticket for doing 78 in a 75. I know (quit breaking the law ASSHOLE).
Most houses here are two stories and the downstairs is underground. I love watching the storms form over the rocky's. I would take a picture of that but my cell phone takes poor quality pictures and never have the good camera on me when needed. The nights are cool (at least in the summer time
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I have been here a month and it is hard to adjust to the air here. I don't know if it's thicker or thinner? It doesn't take much to get winded here at all. A simple walk around the block is exhausting. The water out of the sink is incredible. You can fill up a pitcher and just drink it all day long. Better than bottle water.
I have yet to see real traffic here. Highways only have exits to main roads. You can not enter a shopping center or gas station from a highway. You have to turn off and enter from a side road. Which helps the flow of traffic from the highway but increases traffic on the small roads. BTW, when I say highway I am referring to inner city highways. Something like 380.
Colorado Springs built all major roads in advance to 3 lanes both directions. They didn't wait till the population exceeded to the point of road congestion to expand. Almost every house is built with landscaping of some kind. Which makes all the neighborhoods nice. House and buildings on the mountain side is something I found hard to get use to. In Dallas I am so use to everything being right down the street and being cluttered. Not the case here in no means.
Went on the Royal Gorge (water rafting) and must say that was an experience I would recommend to the thrill seekers. Expensive but worth it. My brother-in-law fell off once. The instructor went airborne and landed face first into someone's knee and busted her lip. I almost went overboard myself but let the paddle go and grabbed the girl(stranger) beside me to avoid go over. She had this look on her face that will never go away. And the water was cold. Felt like a bag of ice being dumped down your shirt and shorts.
The first week visiting Colorado Springs, had never ending headaches. Ears wouldn't stop popping. Someone told me to take aspirin before I went there to thin out the blood to avoid the thick air and pressure. Which I didn't till I got the headaches of course.
Mexican food here is nasty. Every 5 minutes you drive in the main cities you will see a fast food place called "Carls JR." They serve hamburgers and mexican food(not to bad, not good enough to be every where you go though). Seems like everything here has green chili. And most foods I eat out over here gives severe gas to me. I never had this problem with anything I ate till I got here. I am almost afraid to eat out. Cause the 4 hours after that in most cases are not worth it. When I say gas I am not referring to stinky farts for the record.
Also, went to the Garden of the Gods. Watched people rock climb right in front of me. If you have never seen someone do that in person, it is intense experience. I had to turn away, I couldn't help but think they might slip and plunge to their death in front of me. As for the Garden. A lot of walking for a close up. Which really didn't seem worth it. Thank god that was free. I would have been pissed if I paid for that.
And last but not least. THESE PEOPLE CAN'T DRIVE HERE WHAT-SO-EVER. They switch lanes as soon as the blinker goes on. They give you one second to slow down or switch lanes. If you do neither someone is getting side swiped. Also people will pull out in front of you. I know this doesn't sound like nothing new but it happens all the time. At least in Dallas it seemed rare to me. Every once in a while. But this is almost guaranteed to happen any where you go here.
P.S. If you ever go north of Amarillo through Oklahoma and Colorado on 87/287 passing cities Stratford and Boise City to Lamar. Just be prepared for the most annoying roads built in a 2 hour drive. Impossible to explain almost. Not dips in the road, but the way it was designed every 20 feet seems to be an in-ground bump. But it went across the whole road. No way to avoid it. When you are moving all of your furniture and fragile belongings. This is not the way to go. One more thing. Fuck Uhaul and their 6.5 mpg truck.
Wish I would have moved here sooner. Though this is summer and not had my first winter experience yet, I love it here. I am in love with the natural beauty. Northeast Colorado Springs is so beautiful, I thought if I was to die, this is where I wanna be.
Rains almost everyday in Colorado Springs. BTW, which is the most beautiful town I have seen so far. First thing I thought about when I saw Colorado Springs was the movie Dante's Peak. The thunder you hear over here has nothing on the Texas storms. The thunder has more of a crackling sound. Nothing intense about it. Pea size hail is common though.
Haven't been up to Pikes Peak yet. My understanding is right now the base is 80-90 degrees and the top is in the 40's.
Speed limit is 75 on the outside highways. Which is nice. But my brother-in-law got a ticket for doing 78 in a 75. I know (quit breaking the law ASSHOLE).
Most houses here are two stories and the downstairs is underground. I love watching the storms form over the rocky's. I would take a picture of that but my cell phone takes poor quality pictures and never have the good camera on me when needed. The nights are cool (at least in the summer time
. I have been here a month and it is hard to adjust to the air here. I don't know if it's thicker or thinner? It doesn't take much to get winded here at all. A simple walk around the block is exhausting. The water out of the sink is incredible. You can fill up a pitcher and just drink it all day long. Better than bottle water.
I have yet to see real traffic here. Highways only have exits to main roads. You can not enter a shopping center or gas station from a highway. You have to turn off and enter from a side road. Which helps the flow of traffic from the highway but increases traffic on the small roads. BTW, when I say highway I am referring to inner city highways. Something like 380.
Colorado Springs built all major roads in advance to 3 lanes both directions. They didn't wait till the population exceeded to the point of road congestion to expand. Almost every house is built with landscaping of some kind. Which makes all the neighborhoods nice. House and buildings on the mountain side is something I found hard to get use to. In Dallas I am so use to everything being right down the street and being cluttered. Not the case here in no means.
Went on the Royal Gorge (water rafting) and must say that was an experience I would recommend to the thrill seekers. Expensive but worth it. My brother-in-law fell off once. The instructor went airborne and landed face first into someone's knee and busted her lip. I almost went overboard myself but let the paddle go and grabbed the girl(stranger) beside me to avoid go over. She had this look on her face that will never go away. And the water was cold. Felt like a bag of ice being dumped down your shirt and shorts.
The first week visiting Colorado Springs, had never ending headaches. Ears wouldn't stop popping. Someone told me to take aspirin before I went there to thin out the blood to avoid the thick air and pressure. Which I didn't till I got the headaches of course.
Mexican food here is nasty. Every 5 minutes you drive in the main cities you will see a fast food place called "Carls JR." They serve hamburgers and mexican food(not to bad, not good enough to be every where you go though). Seems like everything here has green chili. And most foods I eat out over here gives severe gas to me. I never had this problem with anything I ate till I got here. I am almost afraid to eat out. Cause the 4 hours after that in most cases are not worth it. When I say gas I am not referring to stinky farts for the record.
Also, went to the Garden of the Gods. Watched people rock climb right in front of me. If you have never seen someone do that in person, it is intense experience. I had to turn away, I couldn't help but think they might slip and plunge to their death in front of me. As for the Garden. A lot of walking for a close up. Which really didn't seem worth it. Thank god that was free. I would have been pissed if I paid for that.
And last but not least. THESE PEOPLE CAN'T DRIVE HERE WHAT-SO-EVER. They switch lanes as soon as the blinker goes on. They give you one second to slow down or switch lanes. If you do neither someone is getting side swiped. Also people will pull out in front of you. I know this doesn't sound like nothing new but it happens all the time. At least in Dallas it seemed rare to me. Every once in a while. But this is almost guaranteed to happen any where you go here.
P.S. If you ever go north of Amarillo through Oklahoma and Colorado on 87/287 passing cities Stratford and Boise City to Lamar. Just be prepared for the most annoying roads built in a 2 hour drive. Impossible to explain almost. Not dips in the road, but the way it was designed every 20 feet seems to be an in-ground bump. But it went across the whole road. No way to avoid it. When you are moving all of your furniture and fragile belongings. This is not the way to go. One more thing. Fuck Uhaul and their 6.5 mpg truck.
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