A glimmer of hope in the house hunt

A couple of days ago we drove through a new development in Denver called Stapleton. It's on the site of the old Stapleton airport, which closed in 1995. Today we went back to look at builders' models, peruse the weekly farmers' market, and just get a feel for the area. The first thing you learn upon stopping at the visitors' center is that this place is going to be HUGE! There's shops, big box stores, office buildings, apartments, lofts, homes, duplexes, and bigger homes. There's a place for every price range from rental apartments and places to buy from the low $100k's to over $1 million. It doesn't look like a subdivison (which we wanted to avoid) but like a town. It has that feel too. Today there were people outside everywhere. The proximity to downtown and Rich's job (6 miles) doesn't hurt either.

We may be idealistic, but we're going to try to live with only 1 car and a scooter. A lot of that will depend on where I get a job, but we're willing to try. Ever since we watched the movie, "An Inconvient Truth" by Al Gore (with our wonderful Canadian friends, Rick & Sue, who's country hasn't ruined the planet), and seeing the retreating glaciers in Glacier National Park, we really want to do our little bit to help decrease the effects of global warming. We know we're just 2 people and we could probably do more, but every little bit helps in the end. It also kinda makes you wonder how things would be different if Al had won (as he really did) the presidential election instead of GW. I like to think the country would be in better hands.

-Laura