July 24
On Wednesday evening it was another big turnout (yay!) as Edie, Liane, Brigitte, Kevin, Hazra, Rod, Brenda, Glenn, René, Lorraine, and Larry walked from the mall to the Stoney Creek trail, which was shaded and a bit cooler away from the rather warm evening. We all walked to North Road at various speeds, but all finished within 45 minutes. Some of us went in the mall and enjoyed the air conditioning for a while after the walk.
Larrytheyounger
July 23
On Monday evening there was a big turnout as Edie, Liane, Brigitte, Kevin, Hazra, Rod, Brenda, Glenn, René, Lorraine, and Larry walked from the mall down to Keswick Park, walked a lap around the track, and went up to Cardston, where Edie, Kevin, Lorraine, and Larry cut over to Lougheed, Bell, and Bartlett, and back to the mall, their distance about 4 km; the rest of the group went along Government, Eastlake trail, Eastlake Park, then back to the mall, their distance about 6 km, group time was about 45 minutes.
Larrytheyounger
July 20
On Saturday morning Edie, Liane, Rod, Kevin, and Larry met at the Port Moody rec centre and walked in Rocky Point Park, going to Alderside, from which Edie, Liane, and Rod went on Alderside to Ioco Road and back to the rec centre, where Rod finished, his distance about 5 km, and Edie and Liane then continued to Rocky Point Park and had ice cream with Kevin and Larry, who had walked there instead of going to Ioco. The group then walked back to the rec centre.
Larry and Kevin’s distance was about 6 km, and Liane and Edie’s distance was about 10 km. Our walk time was just under 2 hours. The park was getting quite busy due to the Rib Fest. Meanwhile Flora jogged the 5 km Park Run at Mundy Park; her time 42:58, first in her age group. Way to go Flora!
Larrytheyounger
July 17
Report based on Kevin’s writeup:
On Wednesday evening Larry, Edie, Rod, Liane, Flora, Kevin, Brigitte, Alex, Barry & Bebe met at Burnaby Mountain Park to beat the heat. Some walked – Kevin, Alex, Flora, Liane and Rod walked on the trails behind the park, distance about 4 or 5 km for Kevin, Alex, and Flora, and longer for Liane and Rod. Others relaxed and we all snacked after. We enjoyed a nice summer evening and sunset. Thanks to all who brought snacks!
Thank you Kevin for the report.
Larrytheyounger
July 16
On Wednesday Larry, Edie, Rod, Liane, Flora, Kevin, Bridgette, Alex, Barry & Bebe met at Burnaby Mountain Park to beat the heat. Some walked, others relaxed and we all snacked. We enjoyed a nice summer evening & sunset.
July 15
On Monday evening the weather was pleasant and not too hot, as Edie, Flora, Kevin, Larry, Glenn, Brigitte, and Liane walked down to Keswick Park, and up to Cardston, from where Edie, Flora, and Larry turned back to the mall, their distance about 2 km and time about 30 minutes, while the rest of the group continued along to Government St., Eastlake trail, Eastlake Park, and back to the mall, distance about 6 km and time about 45 minutes.
We enjoyed our usual discussion in the mall after, and had some cherries that were brought by Edie – thank you Edie!
Larrytheyounger
July 13
Saturday report from Edie:
On Saturday morning Hazra, Rod, Edie, and Flora met at Mundy Park and walked Flora to her meeting place for the 5 km Park Run at Hillcrest School and then continued walking on Como Lake, entered the park at Baker St. and stayed on the Perimeter Trail until we came back to the parking lot. Distance was about 5 km and walking time was about 1h05.
It was a lovely, cool walk in the forest and we passed lots of people and well behaved dogs. Flora walked/jogged the Park Run.
Thanks to Edie for the report!
Larrytheyounger
July 10
Wednesday report from Flora, with help from Kevin:
It was a small group of 7 with just a single representative of the male persuasion 😉
Attended- Liane, Brigitte, Sandy, Edie, Kevin, Rachel and Flora.
Liane, Brigitte, Sandy and Kevin started off first. Edie and Flora waited for Rachel as she made her way from the sky train station. We caught up with the gang at Keswick Park and made it up the pickle ball hill. Then along New Life church, Brunette Fraser trail, Eastlake Park and Bell Park. At Salish Court, a stand off ensued between the Cruisers and a family of geese walking in the opposite direction was our decoy who then was chased by the geese. We thanked him, left him to fend for himself and quickly walked past. Once back we enjoyed cherries.
Duration/ Distance- 50 min for Liane and Brigitte and 60 min for the rest of us; distance of 5 km.
Thanks Flora (and Kevin) !
Larrytheyounger
July 08
On Monday evening Edie, Flora, Liane, Kevin, Brigitte, Glenn, and Larry walked along the Stoney Creek trail to North Road and back, trying to stay as cool as possible in the shade of the trail in the hot and muggy weather. No bear sightings which was good.
Our distance was about 5 km and time about 1 hour, with speedsters Liane and Brigitte finishing about 10 minutes earlier.
Larrytheyounger
July 06
On Saturday morning Edie, Liane, Kevin, and Larry walked from the Burnaby Mountain golf course along Greystone, the urban trail to Kensington Shopping Plaza, and returned the same way.
It was a cool temperature morning, cloudy with a bit of sun, but good weather for a walk.
Our distance was about 6.5 km and our time was about 1h15. Also on Saturday morning, Flora ran the 5 km Park Run at Mundy Park in a time of 43 minutes.
Larrytheyounger
July 04
On a slightly cooler Wednesday evening Brenda, Glenn, Edie, Flora, Liane, Kevin, Rod, and Larry walked from the mall down to Keswick Park, Cardston, some went to Halston and some went to Horne, then Government, Eastlake trail, Eastlake Park, some to Cameron and Erickson, and some along Lougheed to Bartlett, and back to the mall.
Our distance was about 6 km and our time was about 55 minutes.
Larrytheyounger
July 02
On a hot Monday evening (29 C), Liane, Brenda, Glenn, Rod, Edie and Brigitte braved the allegedly bear infested Stoney Creek for a much needed reprieve from the heat. No bears were found, but the fallen tree has finally been removed and the trail is now open.
Distance was 5 km and time 1h25 for Rod, Glenn and Edie and about 10 minutes faster for the others. Thanks to Glenn and Edie for their reports!
Larrytheyounger
July 01
On Tuesday morning, Canada Day, Edie, Maureen, Erin, Liane, Brigitte, Flora, Gillian, Kevin, Alex, and Larry walked from Kensington Shopping Plaza to Fell Ave., the Trans Canada trail to Confederation Park, then back via Alpha to Pender, Delta, Frances, and Kensington Park.
Our distance was about 7 km and our time was 2 hours. After the walk we escaped the heat by having lunch at the air conditioned (very important!) Cockney Kings Fish & Chips.
Larrytheyounger