Born to a military family that moved a lot, my upbringing helped me at every age to understand the feeling of leaving friends in a known environment and the adventure of "finding home" in new places. My father PCSd to Colorado Springs in 1968 and it became the first permanent home I’d ever had. I’m not a native, though I can say I was here before most of the roads.

I love the variety of Colorado lifestyles. There’s something here for eve...