Big wonderful old trees!

 Well, the best laid plans, and all that...

Yesterday an interesting offer came my way. Did I mention before that I had applications in for several apartments near my son, not just one? Well, the first one had been offered, and I showed you photos of it Wednesday. And I had all intentions of moving there.

Until!

Another apartment came available, and it's in Durango. And it's my very first choice in Durango. And so I said yes yes yes!

I have to be approved again, so that process which took so long with this first apartment in Cortez has prepared me to do everything possible the right way. I will spend hours and hours as my own administrative assistant (a job I held many times in my working life!) And hopefully things will come together, with the same move in date, just a few miles closer to where I now live. And unfortunately a few miles further from my son in Cortez.

But it's right downtown in Durango! A block away from the main street...and the railroad. That will make me feel like home, since the railroad ran a block away here in NC. (Though it seldom does now!)

How do you like those trees? Better, eh? I don't think my apartment will face this direction, but rather out over the town, and probably a view of the mountains beyond. 

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Now back to my prepared post!

Almost a goodbye luncheon...

Puff pastry topped my chicken pot pie...so good!

And who says you can't have a side of mashed potatoes with brown onion gravy? I certainly had it!

Teresa had the garlic white wine pasta dish with veggies and parmesan. She had a side of green beans.

I can't believe I didn't take photos of our deserts! The main thing I go to the Pisgah Inn for is their French Silk Pie. 

We spent a long time trying to connect these mountains indicated in the chart with what we were seeing.

Our conclusion was that the chart wasn't to scale. We would finally just count the peeks from one that was recognizable. 

Probably the pointed one is funnel top.

This was probably my last time to visit the Pisgah Inn. But Teresa and Helen and I have another day trip planned at the end of the month, including another fun restaurant to enjoy!

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The trees are not there

 

This is the photo that shows with the rental information. Love the trees. Love the lawns.

Sure it's not all that private, but thinking how great that shade would feel.

It's a senior apartment complex.

Google Earth views as of 2003. Not very shady. Cute little fences for privacy. No shade.

It doesn't even look as if they've planted any new trees. It must have been quite a big venture taking out all those old trees. Makes me sad.

Well, with drought conditions, I guess this makes sense. The trees in the background? There's a RV park on the next property...so they can camp beneath trees still. 

These are the apartments where I'll probably be moving. The homes across the street do have trees, so I can take early morning walks and enjoy their neighborhood. That's the plan! It's located within walking distance of a grocery store, and various restaurants only a long block away.

I have been spoiled by living in a virtual forest in North Carolina. I will take lots of photos before I move! But having dry air to breathe means I will most willingly give up the humidity of these trees.

Last Monday we drove to Pisgah Mountain for lunch. Here are the beginnings of that trip to enjoy the trees and acclimate myself to higher elevations, my new home will be more than a mile high at 6191 Feet! 

Leaving Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway you can stop and see the French Broad River.

I will probably use my shot of the river as a header photo later on.

Before even arriving at the restaurant I was glad to have brought the portable oxygen generator (concentrator? whatever it's called!) I was coughing up a storm, and really out of breath at the restaurant, which they say is at 5000 feet. But Pisgah Mountain, right up the hill, is supposed to be 5721 feet, and it didn't look that much taller. who knows! Maybe that wasn't the actual mountain top...

More about lunch in a bit...