February 26
On Wednesday evening Laura, Eoin, Sandy, Kevin, Flora, and Larry walked from the mall along Cameron, Eastlake Park, Eastlake to Production Way and returned the same way, our distance about 4 km, time about 1h10.
No rain so it was another good night to walk.
Larrytheyounger
February 25
On Monday evening Edie, Liane, Brigitte, Laura, Eoin, and Larry walked from the mall along Cameron, Eastlake Park, Eastlake to the Gaglardi underpass – Brigitte and Liane went to Production Way – and returned the same way, our distance about 4 km or so, time about 70 minutes.
There’s still a chill in the air but it didn’t rain so it was a good night to walk.
Larrytheyounger
February 23
On Saturday morning a special Cruisers gathering was graciously hosted by Edie and there was an excellent turnout as we celebrated Alex’s 80th birthday! Alex did a 5 km Park Run at Central Park before arriving at Edie’s – remarkable!
The weather co-operated as some of us went for a walk first. Kevin, Larry, Shiraz, Len, Miriam, Brigitte, Liane, and “original” Cruiser Libby Covernton, who joined us from the Sunshine Coast, walked from Edie’s to Como Lake and back, about 5 km. Meanwhile Edie and Angela visited with and prepared for the gathering with more Cruisers Debra Nicol and Rod Hargreaves and his wife Pat, and Barry Jones, and were soon joined by Eoin and Laura, another Cruiser from a few years ago, Laurie Hilborn, and then from their morning runs, Alex, Flora, and another original Cruiser Carla Castellani, and the Como Lake walkers returned to Edie’s.
Everyone enjoyed catching up with each other, looking at photos of past Cruiser adventures, the tasty treats, and sang Happy Birthday to Alex. It turned out that other Cruisers had also recently had birthdays, so we serenaded Flora, Shiraz, and Carla as well.
Many thanks to Edie for hosting and to Angela for her help!
Larrytheyounger
February 19
On Wednesday evening (Feb 18) Edie, Kevin, Laura and Eoin walked from the mall along Eastlake to Production Way and back, distance of 4.26 km and time of 1h13. It was a nice night to be out there, a bit chilly but no rain.
Thank you Edie for the report!
Larrytheyounger
February 18
On Monday morning Liane, René, Eoin, Laura, Edie, Kevin, Flora, and Larry met at Rocky Point. It was a bit chilly but our walk was okay as we walked along the paved trail and the new overpass to the Port Moody Rec Centre, where Larry, Edie, Kevin, Laura and Eoin turned back, with some of us using the gravel trails on the way back, distance about 4.5 km, while Flora did a walk-jog on a longer route, and René and Liane walked along Alderside almost to Ioco, then turned back, their distance just under 10 km and time just about 2 hours.
Of course ice cream and some coffee were enjoyed after, and we finished our walk before the light rain started.
Larrytheyounger
February 15
On Saturday morning Shiraz, René, Len, Miriam, Edie, Kevin, and Larry met at Lougheed Mall and walked down Cameron and Eastlake trail to Government, Cariboo, and into the Burnaby Lake trails. Edie and Len walked to Cariboo, their distance about 4 km. Larry and Kevin walked into the trails and turned back, their distance about 5.5 km. Shiraz, René, and Miriam walked to the nature house at Piper Spit, then returned, their distance about 8.5 km and time just under 2 hours.
No rain and a bit of sun, good timing from the heavy rain earlier in the morning.
Larrytheyounger
February 13
On Wednesday evening Kevin, René, Eoin, Laura, Liane, Brigitte, Flora, Glenn, Brenda, Hazra, Rod, and Larry walked our usual walk route down Cameron, Eastlake Park and Eastlake. Flora turned back early as her cold was acting up. We met Rod and Hazra, who walked from Underhill, at Eastlake Park and continued on Eastlake to Production Way, while Brenda, Brigitte, Liane, Hazra, Rod and René continued to Underhill, where Hazra and Rod parked due to a traffic jam on Eastlake. Hazra and Rod finished their walk at Underhill, and the rest of the group made their way back to the mall.
Distance for those who walked to Production Way and back was 4 km, and for those that walked to Underhill and back was 5.5 km, time for all was about 1h10. It was a bit colder than recent walks but still a great night as there was no rain.
Larrytheyounger
February 11
There was no walk on Monday evening due to the heavy rain forecast (although in some areas the rain let up right around 6:30 pm!).
Larrytheyounger
February 09
On Saturday morning René and Larry met at the Christine Sinclair Centre and walked along the old Sperling road and the trail parallel to the Skytrain route to the new Holdom overpass construction, and back the same way, our distance just under 5 km and our time about 1h05. Afterwards we chatted with Flora, who did a 5 km walk-run with Rainy and Joe’s group at the Fit First clinic. Fortunately we all finished before the heavy rain started!
Larrytheyounger
February 06
On Wednesday evening René, Brenda, Glenn, Kevin, Hazra, Rod, Liane, Brigitte, and Larry met at the mall and walked along Cameron, Eastlake Park, Eastlake to Production Way, while René, Brenda, Liane and Brigitte continued to Underhill, then returned the same way, distances of about 4 km and 5.5 km respectively, and time about 1h10.
It was a great night for a walk, quite mild and no rain.
Larrytheyounger
February 04
On Monday evening René, Brenda, Glenn, Kevin, Laura, Eoin, Edie and Larry met at the mall and walked along to Cameron, Eastlake Park, Eastlake to the parking entrance by the Burnaby Mountain school across from Centaurus Circle, then returned the same way, distance about 3.5 km and time about 1 hour. René and Brenda walked further to Underhill before returning, their distance about 5.5 km.
It was drizzling most of the time we were walking, but we got it done and didn’t get soaked.
Larrytheyounger
February 02
On Saturday morning Len with Jax, Shiraz, Rod, Edie and Larry met at Burnaby Mountain golf course and walked along the trail parallel to Arden Ave., then the paved trail on Arden and Broadway to Underhill, and returned the same way, distance about 5 km and time about 1h15.
We finished just as it was starting to rain – great timing.
Larrytheyounger