The mountains. Small but pretty, different every day, visible almost anywhere you go-- including from our apartment. I'll miss hiking and driving up these mountains, and watching them change with the seasons.
- The restaurants. India House. Sierra Grill. Amy's Place. Apollo. Sunrise. Mount Tom's ice cream. I could go on and on.
- And on the topic of food: Trader Joe's. It's going to be so very hard to adjust to living far from TJs.
- The bike trails, oh the bike trails.
- The laid back, work to live, happy vibes.
- My Girl Scout troop.
- Walking to work through charming Easthampton.
- Berkshire Brewing Company's Steel Rail extra pale ale.
- Working on a beautiful campus in a beautiful building with great people.
- Our CSA farmshare, in which the farm was a 1/2 mile from our house, and picking up our share involved a weekly trip to the farm, picking flowers and herbs and raspberries, and seeing nearly everyone we know.
- The running trails along the Mill River, through the woods, past farmland and community gardens. My running buddy.
- Webs! (Although after packing up my yarn stash, it's clear I need to stay away from any yarn stores for a long, long while.)
- Strolling Main St., Northampton
- The potlucks
- Trivia, and the Plunder Cats
- Above all else (even above Trader Joe's), I'll miss the friends we've made here. We are so, so lucky to have found such great people here. I mean really, awesome people. I have faith that our friendships will endure the little bit of distance, that we'll talk often and see each other regularly. But it's hard leave these people that I love so much.
(I reserve the right to add to this list as more comes up, which it will.)
Addendum:
- The RMVs, which are generally pleasant, and a "long wait" is 15 minutes. And people still complain! They have no idea. I'm not ready to re-experience the Albany DMV hell.
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