The Big Sky Top Ten

Things I love about living in Montana instead of San Diego
(in no particular order)

1. There is no waiting, ever. No waiting in traffic, no waiting for coffee, no waiting at the grocery store (okay, no more than 3 minutes). The state motto should be Montana: No Waiting. (Aside: when we go back to San Diego for visits now, it all seems like One Big Wait.)
2. You never have to worry about groceries melting in the trunk. In fact, you could use your trunk as a refrigerator for most of the year, if you wanted to.
3. People actually stop in the middle of the street to let dogs, and people, cross.
4. There are regular announcements on the state public radio station about lost dogs.
5. There are 4 seasons. (mind you, winter is a wee bit longer than I might like, but summer is heaven)
6. The air sometimes actually smells like Mountain Fresh Scent. Really. We tried to track it down to someone doing laundry, but it was just the air.
7. I can drive 5 minutes out of town and be in a national forest.
8. We get excellent theater, ballet, and concert productions that tour through all the time--and we go to almost every one. They're cheap, they're great, and there's No Waiting.
9. When you have to pick someone up at the airport, you can wait until the plane flies over your house before you leave, and still have plenty of time. (There are only 4 flights a day, too.)
10. We bought a 3-bedroom, 2-bath, nice house in a good neighborhood for under $90,000.

I could go on, but that's probably enough for the moment. Of course there are things that annoy me too, but I'm in a good mood today. {s}