Monday evening I took my dinner and a milkshake to the local Shakespeare Park, but sat in the car because it was raining. It wasn't too bad. As I was sitting there, I looked out the driver's window and saw the view over the lawn and pond. I decided that maybe I would try to capture the scene with my phone. This is what I came up with, after playing around with them a little bit at home:
When you put these two photos together, what do you think you get? You got it, a rope swing waiting for some daring young (or old) soul to swing out over the creek and create a big splash! This is Autauga Creek, which cuts through the heart of downtown Prattville. In fact this very section of the creek, along with it's rope swing, is about a minute from downtown, and is located beside one of Prattville's many artesian wells, which is actually what I had gone to see. I had heard about the wells, where people take their water bottles (I'm talking the BIG kind) and fill them up on a regular basis. But I had never actually been there. And to think it is absolutely FREE?!? I had to see for myself... Sure enough, when I pulled into the lot at the Doster Road Artesian Well House I was not alone. A car was ahead of me and the man was filling his large, blue water bottle, the kind you normally see dispensing water at your office. While I was waiting I tr
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