No waiting at red lights for me. No happy meal or iced mocha either. In fact, I have to drive 25 miles to encounter a stop light, McDonald’s and Subway and 75 miles to find a Starbucks or Dutch Bros. Where I come from, life is simple.
We have no shopping mall, no WalMart, no fast food and no stoplights. We have a few local stores, a home town Frosty and plain old stop signs! I drive seven miles to get to town and we haven’t always had a street number for our address.
When we give directions, it goes something like this… turn left right at the museum, go about five miles ‘til you reach a T in the road by the green house that used to be yellow. Turn right and go a little ways and turn left at the old white church. Go about two miles and when the road curves turn right, before you cross the river turn left going toward the house with the red roof.”
Not too long ago, we had to go out and actually write down the names of the county roads to turn on…they are names and number. My husband was born and raised here and didn’t know!
When we go to town, it is necessary to plan extra time. You will always run into someone you know and spend a little extra time visiting. It is wise to be careful what you say, most people are related! The kids can’t get away with anything for very long…someone has seen or heard and they will tell. We have some friends who received a phone call when their daughter was exceeding the speed limit…before she even got home!
We may not have all of the things we need here as far as material items, but we plan for those things and take the trip down the mountain to the Big City every once in a while. I don’t think anyone is too upset about no stop lights or traffic. We are reminded of that on our trips to the city. Life here in our small community is nice. We know most everyone and it is a beautiful place.
I do get a craving for fries and a white chocolate mocha on occasion!
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