Sept 24: High River

I walked from the hotel this morning to the field where the balloons were.   What an experience to see these lift off and fly away!   Amazing!

More exploration with John and Diane today around High River.  We spent alot of time looking at the areas hardest hit in the flood 2013.

First priority after the flood was to protect the town.   It took about a year and a half and an earthen wall embankment now encircles the town.

We spent a couple of hours looking at homes in various locations on our drive to Calgary where we had dinner with my two nephews and a grand niece and nephew.

The earthen wall embankment that surrounds the town of High River

This is one of about 30 homes in an area that was flooded with 9 feet of water.  All these will be demolished and nobody will rebuild in this area. So devastating.

This is the home of a young Clark Kent in the original Superman movie with Christopher Reeves.

Diane and John

John and David