I arrived back in Colorado very late Saturday night.  The last few days have been an adjustment as I spent over 3 months in Puerto Rico since July.  No, I'm not going to comment on the obvious ones, like Mountains vs Ocean, or Cold vs Hot, Elevation vs Sea Level, but the quirky ones that make my brain hurt just a bit....

Tall vs Not:  In PR I stand head and shoulders taller than so many of the people.   In PR, waiting in line at the grocery store I surveyed the check out lines and yup, I'm an amazon.  Not so in Boulder.  Sunday night I was at a party and scanned the room looking for my friend and was shocked to find that I'm not so tall here.....I couldn't see over everyone's head......more like average-ish at 5'7+"..... I know, I'm not short, but not an amazon.

Dodging Chickens vs Senior Citizens:  If you recall from a previous post I needed to be especially agile when running in La Parguera due to the prevalence of feral chickens.  *Cluck*cluck*cluck*  This morning I decided there was no time like the present to get my butt kicked running at elevation so I headed out to a cruiser trail with stunning views.  And, no chickens, which wasn't a surprise....instead I was busy dodging all the uber-active, lean, health conscious, freak of nature retirees who run in large packs and take up the entire trail as they ran towards me... (I will say that some of the senior runners legs did look a bit like chicken legs to me.....)

I'm sure more differences will strike me, and guess what, I'll probably share!!!