1-21 Small Town Living

I love small town living. Back when we lived in Austin getting out and doing anything had become a chore simply because of traffic and the growth of the city. We now live in Belton, Tx. where things are much, much slower and there is no congestion. The other day we needed to go downtown to the county appraisal office to file for a homestead exemption on our new house, normally the thought of going downtown and doing a task that has anything to do with the government would be enough to send a person running and screaming into the street, not here, simply took the easy drive downtown, parked about 50 feet from the front door, walked directly to the counter, no waiting and no number machine, told the friendly lady what we needed, she quickly filled out and printed the form, had us sign/date it, passed along a few pleasantries and we were back in our car, probably took less than 10 minutes. Now some cynical person might think we simply got lucky, nope, we have been here a couple of times in the past and the experience has been the same. Need to go to the county courthouse, same thing, park right next to the building and walk in, no security and friendly helpful folks, need to talk to someone at the city water department about anything other than a bill, simply call and ask to talk to Dustin, yep only one person to deal with and they have a name. Want to stop by and see Dustin, no problem, park next to city hall and walk right in. Oh, almost forgot to mention, no paying to park, not a meter or pay parking lot anywhere in Belton or Temple. The only time we have had to park more than a block away was for the fourth of July parade, downtown is packed and we had to park a whole five blocks away, still free. Got to love small town living !!!

Appraisal Building - Look busy to you? Parking right up front

County Court House  / Downtown

Downtown - See any parking meters?

Anyone can be in the parade

We had a very relaxing day because it was dreary. In the evening Larry and I went square dancing with the Shirts 'n' Skirts Club in Georgetown. They didn't have their regular caller Jim Hayes instead Ed Larder called because Jim was sick.

Line Dancing during the Shirts 'n' Skirts Dance.