Sites & sounds of our new home town.

- This is a picture from our back door. What you see is a farmer on his combine tending to the field behind our fence. Eric plans on taking a jig saw to this back fence. Behind it is a beautiful field that opens up to a expansive view of rolling hills.

- There is a herd of around 30 bison on the road from our neighborhood to the military instillation. You can also find armadillo on that road along with other various large rodent-like creatures (ie raccoons, skunks) Oh and we hear coyotes at night yelping back and forth to each other. Nick is not impressed with that.

- Spiders. Big ones.

- On the side of the road, in various parts of town, you can look out and see what seems to be an infestation of prairie dogs. We could not even count them all in one section of town. Gives me the chills but the kids were fascinated!

- We are obviously on a training flight path for helicopters. If you are in the back yard & wave as they hover overhead they tilt a bit to wave back.

- Jets scream overhead at least 2x's a day.

- And you can hear artillery booming in the not-so-distant distance all times of day. All these sounds Eric says are "Ah... the sounds of freedom". I have to agree.

- What else. Oh! One more important one... The soldiers here are so buff, young, and travel in eye-candy packs. :-) Patrick, my new and FABULOUS hairdresser, and I agree!