An apartment in a seniors complex came up for rent and we decided to grab it because they come up few and far between. Our apartment faces south, is one bedroom, 539 sq. ft. (slightly bigger than our motor home) and the price is right even when we decide to go gallivanting with the motor home.
We live a couple of blocks from our grand kids and when we look out our windows we can see their school a block away. We are settling back in with volunteer work at the museum and generally taking it easy. We are looking forward to concerts and Christmas with the grand kids and maybe babysitting occasionally. Life is good :)
The wind is blowing like crazy out of the west today but the sun is shining. We went out for lunch and then toured the countryside looking at the fall foliage.
We also discovered an over age 65 and handicapped persons park and fishing pond. What a jewel in our town.
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| lots of area for having a picnic |
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| lots of level fishing areas |
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| so glad it is not just an oval pond but a pond shaped like a horseshoe with an island in the middle |
Another restriction at this pond is your catch limit per day is 2 fish.
I heard about this pond in the summer but had never checked it out until today. What beautiful setting for a day at the pond.
We continued around to look at the aftermath of May flooding at the Oldman Dam. The bridge is still not repaired between the dam and the Cottonwood campground and from reading in the paper may never be.
The release of the dam waters because of heavy rainfall and flooding in the west country has left the Oldman River below the dam with a new look.
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| the spillway is at the lower left of the photo and the river has been inundated with rocks and soil
We continued around the dam to Cowley, a town just west of Pincher Creek and couldn't help but wonder at how many more wind turbines have been installed over the spring and summer.
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wind turbines with the Rockies in the background
