That one warm day in April allowed Powell residents to finish their lawn work, get the motorcycle going, and do what we like to do in Powell; take a walk.

The City of Powell lends itself to some nice walking areas and some, not so nice. If you take a direct route from the middle school up to Washington Park, you actually run out of sidewalk and have to walk in the street. There are other locations in town where the sidewalk runs out. Do you know what I do? I walk on the lawn! Nice and cushy! Thanks for mowing your sidewalk, mister!

There are many nice walking areas around town. If you want, you can go to the structured path that meanders through Homesteader Park, that is, until we start construction on the new aquatic center. At that time, you can walk around a construction site.

For guys, construction areas are great on walks, usually a destination point. The new doctor’s addition at Powell Valley Healthcare had all kinds of equipment to gawk at and you could follow some pretty rapid construction each day. If you are walking with another person you can even show your expertise; “Yep, that’s the forty nine hundred cat mover holding up that wall. I would have used the fifty nine hundred but that seems to work.” The other guy would nod like he knew what you were talking about.

Powell also has some interesting structures to stare at while you’re walking. There’s a house over by Washington Park that has this huge back yard with a shed but the house itself is really, really tiny. It looks like it’s only about six feet tall. G.I. Joe would feel cramped in this house. But, hey, nice lawn!

Westside Park has some nice cut through areas but sometimes you get hit with a stray tennis ball. It hurts for a moment but, hey, free ball!

Southside of town has some interesting walks, too. Every house is different and there are a lot of kids out playing. There are even some homes with a barbecue in the front yard. I like yelling hello right when they’re taking a bite. Just having fun on my walk!

Of course, Powell is a dog town. Everyone seems to have dogs and that creates some problems on your walk. You can be fixating on the birdhouse in the tree ahead of you, wondering to yourself why someone would even put something in their tree like that and is that a bird peaking out that….ROOF, ROOF, ROOF! It’s a dog that makes you wish you saved that Depends coupon! Bad dog! Usually the dog will give you the look that says, “got you, didn’t I!” My house has a dumb dog, too. It barks at people, cats, the wind, and yesterday, she was barking at a leaf. When people walk by my house, they usually end up across the street shaking their heads at my dumb dog. While Lucy is barking at a Pepsi can.

Yes, come to Powell Wyoming and take a nice leisurely walk. No big traffic problems, not too many streetlights, and lots of fun structures and parks to look at.

But make sure you do it on April 29th when it’s nice out.

MAYOR MANGOLD

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