Thoughts of Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Colorado
Growing up I had a Great Grandpa and my mom's best friend that both lived in Grand Junction. We would travel from Alamosa, Colorado to Grand Junction and I thought it was the longest four hours ever. My Great Grandpa live pretty far outside of town so I didn't really know the town that well. My mom's best friend, Linda also lived a ways out. It didn't seem too different then home to me when I was younger, lots of dirt and surrounding mesas that I just figured where like mountains.
As I got into high school and all the school dances became important, I would buy all the prom dress magazines and they all listed Grand Junction as good place to shop. Every year of high school I came with my mom and sister to Grand Junction to find a prom dress that no one else would have. I accomplished that every time. By then my sister was living in Gunnison so we would stop for a while there then continue to Grand Junction, this broke up the drive real nicely. My impressions of Grand Junction then where that it seem like it had a real small town feel, just like home, yet much bigger. The size of the town at first scared me. I thought getting from Main Street to the mall was so complicated.
I had always known I wanted to go into graphic design ,but my high school love blinded me of my future. I was planning on staying in Alamosa and getting a business degree. The summer after graduating high school I totally changed my life plan. I remember Mesa State College was in Grand Junction. Mesa had a graphic design program and Grand Junction still had a small town feel. I applied two weeks before school started and packed up and left Alamosa. This was the best decision I ever made.
My freshmen year at Mesa really opened my eye to the surroundings of Grand Junction. I traveled to the National Monument many times with friends. The first time I went on a hike on the Monument I was amazed on how smooth everything was compared to the rocks I was used to. The rich red color and new and interesting also. My favorite was my first spring in Grand Junction. Everything blooms and the beautiful colors and smells are amazing. It really brings life to the town. Main street was also one of my favorite place to go to and just walk around. That is were the small town feel really comes to me.
This last summer I stayed in Grand Junction and got to experience more about it. There are so many things that go on in the summer that lead me to know even more events that happen year round. I went to Country Jam a few nice and had a blast. Many events happen around town like the farmers market every week. Grand Junction is really popular for their crops too. Like the sweet corn, peaches, wine from vineyards, and so much more. There is so much going on in Grand Junction and if you just turn on the radio you can get up to date on it all.
My only dislikes with this town is all of the construction that always seems to be going on, confusing roads, random stray cats I've seen around the college and the drugs and crimes that seem to be everywhere.