Before I dive into my whole trip I kinda want to give a little Ted Talk on my experience there. I grew up in Central Texas and something that I was aware of is that every state is different when it comes to certain aspects that make them unique. For my trip I had to fly from Austin to Denver before my final destination and something I noticed was well the airport was huge, and two, that there were no mountains. I spent most of my life thinking that Denver was like this really cool place where people live surrounded by mountains, no that wasn't reality. It was pretty flat, it felt like I was back other than the part that it wasn't as hot. Until I hopped onto another plane where I landed in Grand Junction, Colorado a small time located in Western Colorado where I was surrounded by mountains, though if you ask my sister in law who grew up there, she would say those are hills, but for me, their mountains. Even though this was my second time visiting Grand Junction it was still surreal to me. I noticed how a lot of places were within walking distance from us, the main street of the town was only a couple blocks away and on our first day there we walked down and visited some of the local shops looking for souvenirs. The lady at the register was so nice to us and asked us where we were from and was very interested in what brought us here, which was family but I have a whole section dedicated to that. Growing up in Central Texas I felt like I was surrounded by constant traffic, especially in the town I grew up in, the last few years it has blown up becoming almost like Austin 2.0. Something that I caught on to was how little traffic there was in Grand Junction, even with a University in the middle of town, traffic was nothing compared to what I was used to back home. It was exciting going to somewhere so different, Colorado was the first state I ever visited after living in Texas my whole life. I got to experience actual snow and see real mountains, not the ones that are considered hills but tall, ridged mountains. Grand Junction is a more retirement town, and you can pick up on that based on how people act. Nobody is in a rush, trying to get somewhere, their just enjoying life as much as they can