Take A Sunday Drive

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Nothing makes me feel more settled in a community than knowing my way around it. A great way to do that is to make Sunday drives a ritual for a while.Pick a destination, perhaps something of your too see list, and take a new road both there and the way home.

My favorite way to get to know the roads and neighborhoods of a new town? Yard Sale Shopping. When I moved to our new town I didn’t hit just the community wide sales like I do now that I am settled, instead each and every weekend I picked 6 sales that sounded interesting and mapped out a route to and from each of them.

By the time the first summer in our new town was over, I had figured out all sorts of different ways to get to and from church and grocery shopping as well as found a small handful of community parks and mom and pop restaurants that soon became my families favorites. I discovered most of these routes while yard sale shopping.

A great way to know the roads beyond your new town but still in your new state is to make date night in a different neighboring town at least once a month while you are settling in. My husband and I found all sorts of neat neighboring communities this way that we soon shared with our children.

However you do it, just make sure you do. I guarantee it will quicken the process of making your new town your home town.

This post is part of the New Town to Hometown series. Use the links below to dig into the series.

Introduction: My Story

Part One: Becoming Friend Worthy