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September 2017 Great People in Glorious Vancouver September 2nd:  Alex, RA Edie, Larry, Rod, Susan  and Bobtoc by various Skytrains met at the Main Street and Terminal station on a beautiful weather-wise morning Saturday, the object being to walk the False Creek paths.  The six started by tackling first the path on the south side of False Creek.  They walked one hour, at which time Rod left the group, under the advice given to him …

Ah, the good life – doesn’t get any better than this! August 2nd: On Wednesday Flora, Larry and Bobtoc met at the Centre and walked the Stoney Creek trail route in the hope that the trees and stream may mitigate the effects of the smoke in the atmosphere.  The sun was a red-orange circle in the smoke-saturated sky. The trio walked to the gate at the North Road end and returned to the Centre, after …

July 2017 On Saturday morning, Canada Day, 13 Cruisers and friends met in Fort Langley to walk along the Fort to Fort trail.  Edie, Libby, Debra, Christina, John, Rachel, Flora, Susan, Larry, Alex, June, Anna and Darlene all enjoyed the beautiful weather, helped along by the trail being mostly shaded along the way, so conditions were perfect!  Lots of Canada red-and-white attire was seen everywhere.  The group all walked at least 12.4 km, with Libby, …

June 2017 June 3rd:  Alex, RA Edie with canine April, Flora (congratulations Flora for showing up at 7:56 am!}, Larry, Len with granddog Jax, Mary McNichol, Susan and Bobtoc met at the Burnaby Lake parking lot Saturday am on an overcast but dry morning.   At Len’s suggestion the group headed for Deer Lake via Kensington Ave south into the Burnaby Heritage area to Sperling Avenue, thence into the Deer Lake trail on the south side …

May 2017 Como Lake May 1st:  Monday evening saw Flora and Alex run along Stoney Creek trail, up North Road and into the Burnaby Mountain trails.  Also on Monday, Jennel ran 10.42 km very slowly down to Starbucks, then to Value Village, then hiked up the Coquitlam Crunch to home. On Tuesday morning Jennel & Heather walked 6 km along the Coquitlam River, with Heather’s dog Burrows along for the walk. Wednesday evening saw Rod, …

April 2017 At last, the cherry trees are starting to bloom…. Saturday April 1st:  On Saturday morning, we finished our 30 km run in a time of 2h 15m and finalized the road crew for our club’s Ironman participants this October in Kona….April Fool!  What actually happened was much less exciting than that – Rod, Larry, Flora, Susan, and Edie with canine April, walked Joe’s Trail, endured the drizzle and observed the signs of spring …

March 2017 Vancouver History Walk with Edie and Libby What happened to the Banana Land we used to live in??  So many layers…. Wednesday March 1st:  Eoin, Flora, Larry and Bobtoc turned out Wednesday on a threatening but +2C or so evening.  The foursome chose the FG Drive route backwards for a walk.  The weather for the most part was no rain except for the portion of the route starting near the Stoney Creek Elementary …

February 2017 Wednesday, February 1st:  Rod, Larry, Alex, Flora and Rachel walked along Eastlake, Underhill, along Forest Grove, crossed the Gaglardi overpass and back to Cameron Centre.  Distance 7 km, time about 90 minutes.  It seemed quite cold even though everyone was bundled up.  As the group returned to the Centre, René arrived to say hello to the group.  Larry’s ankle is healing well although he will be walking for awhile yet.    From Jennel: Thursday, just …

Happy New Year, Cruisers! Deer Lake Walk – Len & Miriam Polar Bear Swim Miriam participated in her 19th annual Polar Bear Swim at English Bay.  Good on you! Wednesday January 7th:  Lots and lots of snow everywhere, inhibiting running and even walking but not snowshoeing. Len Miriam and Debra snowshoeing on Seymour. Birds were happy to share their lunch. Saturday, January 7th On Saturday morning, some Cruisers were out trying running or walking, and/or …

December 2016 – Where did the year go?? Saturday December 3rd: On Saturday morning, Susan, Larry, Len and Rod met at Cameron in dry weather.  Susan decided to walk on her own as the rest were running. (A good safe route from Cameron to Tim Hortons and back was suggested). Larry and help went out to Kensington Rink, taking trails behind Forest Grove westward past IGA/SuperValu, along the usual way to the rink, then on …