Re: Dan--Why did you choose Trinidad, Colorado?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the update. Your story is very interesting. How did you

choose Trinidad, Colorado as a place you might want to live? We are

still trying to find the best place for our family, and I would like

to hear your thoughts.

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> Hi,

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> Yes, we did make it to New Mexico, just four days ago. We

> reconsidered going south of Albequerque, but heard from a lot of

sources

> that the farther south you go, the poorer and sleazier it got. I

don't =

> know for a fact, but we checked into a church in Albequerque, got

a =

> motel room that had mold and made Carmella and Little Dan sick, so

I =

> complained until they gave me a refund and we pitched our tent at

a KOA. =

> We did not like Albequerque, we felt so alienated there, and so =

> unwelcome, so we headed north toward Colorado. At this moment we

are at =

> a state park near Las Vegas, NM, and it is nice, not crowded like

KOA's, =

> and a lot cheaper, but no internet connection, so we are parked

outside =

> an Internet cafe to do exactly this. We will be here until

Friday, =

> then we may move toward Colorado, but not sure yet. Looking in to

job =

> possibilities at state campgrounds. We are just about broke until

the =

> first of the month, (state camp ground camping is cheap for those

on the =

> move), so we may hang here, or we may move forward, just not sure

yet, =

> we have a few days to discuss our plans.

>

> I will say, Sante Fe, NM is nice, a very high class type

town, =

> probably a little too rich for our blood. Las Vegas is very nice,

and =

> the people here are friendly. We went to a grocery store, and

every =

> person we would say something to broke into a conversation as if

we had =

> known them for years. However, if we tell them we are thinking of

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> relocating here, their smile remains but the expression in their

eyes =

> changes a little. Then we ran into a Native American who moved

here =

> about a year ago, and he says the town is tight. In otherwords

they =

> have lived here all their lives and don't like change. He has had

a few =

> opporunities close on him because he is not from around here to

begin =

> with. However, I'm thinking that given time, that would change.

Of all =

> our travels over the past two weeks, these are the friendliest

people we =

> have met.

>

> Thank you for thinking of us and asking, we've had days of no

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> internet, and days of interenet but no mail servers, so I'm taking

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> advantage of this while I have it. Will check email again and

write

> back next time we find a connection. Maybe by the end of the

month we

> can get the cable to use our cell phones, until then we have to

find

> wifi hot spots, and some small town area's don't have many open

wifi

> spots. We are planning at this point to move northward a little

more,

> to somewhere around trinidad Colorado, which is still dry and

very

> clean, but they have less water issues. Due to some of the flora

that

> is indigenous to that area, we expect it to be relatively mold

free as

> well as NM.

>

> Enjoying the scenery,

> Dan & Carmella Dunkin

>

[Guest guest]

That may be true in someareas of the Southwest, but for the most part,

according to friends we have out there, they have gotten more rain

this year than in the past 100 years. As far as the Southeast we are

in a severe drought, complete water restrictions and the lakes are

drying up, up to an inch per day, many are already several feet below

normal.

Sharon

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wrote:

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> I would not want to live in many parts of the Southwest because of

the

> possibility of them being too hot and dry and especially water

supplies

> drying up if global warming continues.

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