A flood of good

What a week it has been. Seven days ago Calgary faced a wall of water it had never before seen. Seven days later we hold our breath as that same water is about to be contaminated with rail cars hanging precariously off a bridge. Who says things always happen in three's?

With all our distractions we have lost temporarily our home base of the Tech Shop and the Mission paths. We will use the Glenmore Landing McDonalds as our home base for the weekday and weekend trots until we can gauge the safety of the paths through the rest of the city. Many are lost so we will be somewhat limited for the next couple of years!

We will meet Tuesday and Thursday at 630 pm while Saturday will be 8 am. Let me know if you are coming to join us. We did have a good 'get lost' trot on Tuesday with Peter and Blaine. Peter was trapped in Canmore for a few days last week but is happy to be home. Blaine had just finished a Cannonball run from Calgary to Saskatoon and back in the span of 24 hours. I am guessing his new car had a great trip!

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Thank you. That is all you can say to our fellow citizens. Joy and I were inconvenienced last week when a midnight knock at the door left us wondering if we would be losing our home. In hindsight all we lost was fridge food (dad was distraught at the loss of the pepperoni) and a few good nights sleep. the hard work of volunteers, civic employees, and the like did well to keep our pocket of paradise just that.

I can't help but think of my friends that have been affected by the floods. Brenda and her husband John in Bowness have a number of properties along the river that they have been renovating and Brenda has been selling through her brokerage.

Evelyn and Bill along Rideau road who have been great friends to many of us over the years have once again faced an enormous task to fix what mother nature has broke.

Our friends in business with Lauren and the Tech Shop, Wai at the alteration shop, Dom with Mercato and Wurst, Randi and the team at OJ's, and all the rest on 4th street and around that area that will be closed for a while if not forever. I don't even know what is up with the Payne's and Robinson's Camera. At least the silver bullet is safe!

I want to shout out to Ally and her leadership in getting down and dirty helping to clean the town.

 

That is our trooper!

I have lots more to be thankful for but I just hope our friends like Krista, Courtney, and the rest can get back to their homes and back to their lives.

See you on the stable pathways.