People In The Neighborhood

Remember this song from Seasame Street?

"Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood,
In your neighborhood, in your neighborhood.
Say who are the people in your neighborhood--
The people that you meet each day?"

Each day we head into town I just can't get this song out of my head. We have been fortunate to meet and experience so many people from so many places during our time here. So many more than I could have imagined. It is hard to go anywhere without giving a wave, shout or a few minutes of conversation to someone you run in to. Sometimes it makes it hard to get things done when a trip to the store for tequila turns into an hour of socializing. I have to admit that the folks we have befriended are mostly, but certainly not all, "short timers" or the folks that have not been here all that long or on extended vacation. Many "long timers" have seen folks like us come and go each year and the effort to go out of their way to get to know us is understandably minimal. I can certainly relate to the "long timers'" view after living and working in a mostly seasonal town for close to 20 years. As you might expect there are "the nice, the generous, the slicksters, the social climbers, the sweethearts, the cool people and the people who the think they are cool, the dorks, the drama filled(something we had hoped to leave in the States), the creepy, the beautiful, the wanted, the unwanted, the crazy, the super fun, the boozers, the helpful, the paranoid, the kind hearted, the freaks, the angry, the organizers, the whiners, the good neighbors, the folks you don't want to make eye contact with and the folks you would love to have over for some drinks." It's basically just like home except here the town is soo much smaller than in Park City you kind of have to embrace just about everyone and get along in some way.