Highway 160 runs straight through Monte Vista, and the town wakes early alongside it. Big R Stores - Monte Vista works the lawns on either side of that line — mowing, trimming, edging, and the spring and fall cleanups that bracket a short valley summer. The work is plain and it shows: turf cut even, walks blown clear, clippings gone before noon. Out here the ground is level enough that a mower's track reads like handwriting, so the passes get made straight. By the time the afternoon heat lifts off the valley floor the yard is finished, and it stays looking finished.