Anyway, I decided to write an article on my 3-Year Report on Living in Cardston.
My 3-Year Report on Cardston
By Kaylynn Nunn
We just reached the three-year anniversary
of our family moving to Cardston. Although the wind can make you wonder why
anyone would choose to live here, we have decided that Cardston is really a
great place to live.
Cardston has abundant opportunities for our
family’s three favorite things: basketball, horses, and church. Even though it
is a small community, we have enjoyed being involved in so many things, such as
elementary choir, gymnastics, soccer, piano lessons, and many church and school
activities.
Even though we are not closely related to
any of you and we are imports or outsiders (as we have been affectionately
called), the people of the Cardston community are great people to have as
friends and neighbors. We appreciate so many people who give of their time and
talents that have affected our lives, such as basketball coaches, barrel racing
and rodeo coaches, track and field coaches, music teachers, etc.
The first summer we moved here, we wondered
what we had gotten ourselves into. The temperature only got above 20 degrees
for three days. The only friends my kids had were Greg, Peter, Bobby, Marsha,
Jan and Cindy (thank goodness for our library card).
Although we have come to love it here,
there are some unique things about living here.
Only in Canada/Cardston/Leavitt:
*Extreme weather keeps life interesting. We
have never lived in a place where there are so many weather warnings: wind
warning, snowfall warning, rainfall warning, severe tornado warning, severe
thunderstorm warning, etc.
*Every building in the area has a brand new
roof within the past year.
*People sit in the drive-thru to buy a
blizzard during a blizzard.
*People get called by their maiden names
even though they have been married for 30 years.
*High school graduation is a month before
high school is over, which is kind of like handing out medals at the 23-mile
mark of a marathon.
*You might get asked to bring squares or a
set salad to a potluck or activity. In other places, you would be asked to
bring cookies or dessert, or a jello salad.
*It is common to ask each other to pick
something up from another town. We have had people pick up vet medicine, cream
cheese, worms and crickets for our bearded dragon, our U.S. mail, etc. for us. We have picked up prescriptions, cheese,
cereal, etc. for other people. When you live in a small town, you have to work
together.
*Although shopping in Cardston isn’t ideal,
I have been on some really fun shopping trips with friends and family to
Lethbridge, Kalispell, Great Falls, Cutbank, etc.
*Every birthday party includes a game of
commandoes, even in the middle of the winter.
*Where else do you see grandmas sitting on their porch shooting gophers?
*The beautiful mountain views are something
we get to see every day. Not very many people can head to a national park for
an ice cream cone, a birthday party, or a Sunday drive. We are lucky to live
next to Waterton.
Thank you Cardston for making us feel like
this is our home!
