Moving to the country after a lifetime of city living poses some interesting challenges and opportunities.

1. neighborhood covenants
   
   This school bus and utility truck were among our first purchases (read more about it in the journal))
2. cramped spaces
3. noise pollution
4. traffic congestion
5. noisy neighbors

What we are also suddenly free from are

1. cable access (a huge deal for New Media professionals)
2. public sewer systems (we don't even know where the septic tank is...)
3. water that doesn't necessarily taste like rusty nails
4. reliably quick emergency response systems (the local news paper had an article about response times that were over 45 minutes - YIKES!
5. ice cream truck routes (dang!)