Saturday night after dinner I went for a walk with my six year old son. We stopped in to visit a couple of different families in our Atlanta neighborhood. It was nice. As we walked I realized that we have never, ever, driven to visit someone without arranging it ahead of time. Not in this neighborhood, and not anywhere else. Walk - yes. Bike - yes. But drive? Never. Why? I can't totally say. Stopping by to visit someone when you are driving just seems too ... something. Too pre-meditated? Too much of a production, therefore putting too much pressure on the people you are visiting to not turn you away? Or what? It just doesn't feel right.
I count this as one reason among many why a town where walking is a primary way of getting around is so special, and why life at Las Catalinas will be so magical...