Alpine, Wyoming

We are coming up quickly on one year in Wyoming.

It was on the evening of January 30, 2010 when we arrived in Alpine. A very dark, very cold, and after a very long day, we were very exhausted. We were so lucky to be met by many, many wonderful fellas from our new ward who helped us unload our three horse trailers worth of junk- er, I mean belongings. We were invited to dinner for the next day. People brought us cookies. We met long lost family, and were quickly called into new callings in the ward. It was a lovely welcoming to our new lives!

Alpine is beyond lovely, too. The summer high was only low to mid-nineties. The autumn was simply breathtaking. The spring was beautiful. There simply isn't enough good things to say about the weather here. Except it always seems to be windy.

Alpine has been so welcoming. The Post Master lady, Cheryl, was nice to help us out when I forwarded all of our mail to our house, which address doesn't exist. The guy at the grocery store chased me down to give me the corn dogs that were on sale after I grabbed the ones that weren't on sale. A different guy rummaged around the back of the grocery store to find us matches when the display was gone. The owner of the local hamburger joint offered to let us ride his horses after just meeting him, and he was very serious. The lady at the whole foods store spent a half hour reading a book with me to find a good remedy for what ailed us. And I can only think of a few times, out the hundreds of occasions, when someone didn't hold the door open for us. Everyone here is beyond nice!

I thought I would list some of the fabulous things about Alpine.
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Things that Alpine has:

• A Post Office- open 9AM-3PM
• A basic grocery store- open 8AM-9PM
  
• A Subway Sandwich shop
• The Bull Moose Saloon (with dancers on Fridays and Saturdays!)
• A Whole Foods Natural Store
• TWO gas stations
• A Baptist and an Apostolic church
• Three Parks
• A Small Public Library
• A Brand New Civic Center
• A Fire Station
• A Combo Police/City Offices/Day Care Center
• A Doctors office and a Dentist that's open two days a week
• A Copy Spot
• An Art Gallery
• A Ballet Studio
• A Fly Fishing Store
• A self-serve Car Wash
• Two Banks
• Several Real-Estate Offices
• The Cheeseburger Factory
• A Pizza Place
• Four Other small restaurants (only one is good)
• A Hardware Store
• Two Small hotels and several large
• An Elk Refuge
• Lots of boat ramps
• Three rivers converging here
• Bananas-the outfitter store
  
• They block off part of river bridge so snowmobiles can cross safely
• A veterinarian
  

Things that Alpine lacks:

• An LDS church (it's ten miles down the road)
• A 24-hour anything
• A pharmacy
• A school (elementaries are 10-20 miles, Middle & High are 35 miles)
• No shopping
• No fast food
• Horrible Cell Phone service
• Car Mechanics and Tire Shops
• No TV signal with our bunny ears
  

Even with all of the things that Alpine lacks, it is a wonderful place to live. There's miles and miles of bike trails, hiking trails, snowmobile trails, four wheel trails, etc. TONS of places to camp, go have cookouts, go fishing. Oh my goodness, you can always find something to do here. We love it here and are so glad to have found our way here. If you are ever in the area, come stop and stay. We love having visitors!