Grantsville is awesome.
I love living in a small town away from all the hustle and bustle of the city. It makes the days really quiet. The nights are really dark. The hospitality is great.
I also really love living where the population is predominately LDS. It helps me to feel more involved in the community when I can recognize people from church at other places around town.
We live on the edge of Grantsville next to TEAD (Tooele Army Depot). TEAD supplies equipment to all services and they give base support to the Deseret Chemical Depot that is also near us. The Deseret Chemical Depot pretty much burns chemicals that aren't allowed in warfare anymore. Anywho, the point is that TEAD tests explosives and they blow up old army bunkers. We are completely safe. However, as a result, several times a week we hear explosions that shake our entire home. I found this map on the Army's website to prove how close we are.
Yeah. They blow stuff up right there. With Tooele County being predominately employed by all of these U.S. Army Depots and at Dugway (another army place that no one really knows what is done there...maybe they keep aliens there), it is also predominately Republican. Which it's kind of nice to be able to share your opinions and not be considered crazy and hateful. Just a random plus to good ol' Grantsville.
I also love our mailman. I have never met our mailman, or woman. But whoever it is has a sweet ride. Since Grantsville is so small the post office doesn't provide USPS cars to all of its employees. Down the street this is what one mailman drives....
But OUR mailman is even more cool. I don't have the exact picture of his awesome jeep but here's a nicer and less rusty version of what it looks like....
Yes! Our mail service is awesome!
Another joy of living in Grantsville is the farmland. Horses are everywhere. Out here, Ben and I are not lame because we don't have a second car. We are lame because we don't have a horse. I should add chickens to that list too. But chickens are in the plan, so I guess we're moving up in the world.
The other day, as in a month ago, some cows in the field across the street got through the fence and this is what I saw...
Okay, so I'm not that stupid to get that close to cows walking down the street. I stole this picture from Google. But I COULD have, that's how close they were to my house. Plus, we have curbs on our street, no trees, and no hills like in this picture. I actually tried to take a picture but our terrible camera had a dead battery as usual.
The neighbor across the street saw the cows and got out his 4-wheeler and herded the cows back to where they belong. It was so exciting for me to see.
Besides all of this cool stuff, we are getting a library soon. I think they started building it in February. Woot woot! Lucy and I watched a movie called "Elmo and the Bookaneers." In it, Elmo informed the audience that every town has a library. LIAR! Grantsville doesn't have one, yet.
Anyway, I love Grantsville. And the explosions.
