The Pull of the Mountains The first thing they noticed was the quiet. After years in Louisiana and a stretch in San Antonio, the noise of traffic, schedules, and steady movement gave way to something else entirely. Out here, under the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the rhythm slows. The sky opens. And for the Green family of eight, it felt like something they had been moving toward for years. āWe look out the window and think, OKā¦ we can do this a little bit longer,ā Lauren said with a laugh. Lauren and her husband, Peyton, did not arrive in the Wet Mountain Valley on a whim. Their story begins in Louisiana, where both grew up in neighboring towns, their families already connected long before they…
