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March 2020 Barnet Beach – March 15 2020 – A Little Bit of Paradise – Cold but Sunny Monday March 2 2020 On Monday evening Rod, Bobtoc and Edie with canine April, along with Edie’s longtime friend Judy from John Oliver High School days showed up on a very wet, rainy evening. The group at Edie’s suggestion after arming themselves with umbrellas, walked Cameron Street west and down to the Eastlake corner near the Burnaby …
Como Lake in Winter February 1 2020: On Saturday morning Alex, Rod, Larry, Flora, Kevin, Susan and Bobtoc met at the Centre and walked to Como Lake via Willoughby Ave. to Smith Ave. and continued through the Porter Elementary School grounds east to the trail surrounding the lake, circumvented the trail and returned via more or less the same route, under rainless and sunny skies. Distance 10 k, time 2hr.11min. Coquitlam Cruisers; Jennel Ran almost …
Happy New Year, Cruisers! On New Year’s Day there was plenty of Cruiser activity! It started out at 9 a.m. at Burnaby Lake parking lot where Edie, her friend Judy, Susan, Larry, Ivan and Alex walked/ran around the trails at Deer Lake. It was a wonderful sunny morning. Alex and Ivan ran 9.7 km, doing extra laps around Deer Lake, while the others walked, their distance about 7.5 km in a time of just over …
Wednesday December 4/19: On Wednesday evening, Larry, Rod (both in shorts), Laura, Eoin, Kevin and Glenn walked from the Centre along Beaverbrook, Eastlake to Underhill and returned the same way, distance 5 km, time 1h02. It was a beautiful night, no rain, and about +6 C. On Monday evening, Kevin, Glenn, Susan and Eoin walked the Eastlake to Underhill route as well, in a bit of rain. From Jennel and the Coquitlam Cruisers: …
November 2019 Morning sun at Burnaby Lake Saturday, November 2/19:On Saturday on a cold but bright morning, RA Edie with canine April, Flora, Eoin and Laura, Larry, Len and Miriam with granddog Jax, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc met at the Centre and resolved to walk to Piper Spit along the north trail to Burnaby Lake. The 11 walked 7.8 km in times ranging from 1hr:50 to 1hr:55 to arrive at the Spit and return to …
October 2019 Deer Lake Park in all its Autumn Splendor Wednesday October 2/19: On Wednesday on a no rain evening, RA Edie with her sister Chris,, who was welcomed by the others, plus of course dog April, Alex, Kevin and Bobtoc, walked from the Centre to Eastlake. Edie and Chris continued on Eastlake for 33 minutes before turning back. The remaining three continued to Underhill, north to Forest Grove Drive, then east to the Gaglardi overpass, …
September 2019 September 2/19 On Monday morning, Rod, Larry, Susan, Edie with April, Eoin, Laura and Alex met at the Burnaby Lake parking lot and walked to Deer Lake, enjoying the beautiful sunny morning, walking 6 km in a time of 2h 20, then had coffee at the Fortius Centre. Enclosed is a picture of Ivan who proudly showed off his SeaWheeze Half Marathon medal to the Cruisers last week. Way to go Ivan! …
August 2019 Saturday August 3 2019 RA Edie with April, Eoin and Laura, Len and Miriam with granddog Jax, Larry, Susan, Kevin, Alex and Bobtoc met at the Centre Saturday a.m. on a warm but not uncomfortable morning. Ivan also appeared but he planned to run solo. Before the run/walk for the morning, Susan was presented with the Cruisers “Fallers Trophy” to commemorate her stumble and fall weeks ago at the Centre on a small …
July 2019 Canada Day Walk from Confederation Centre to New Brighton Park Monday July 1st 2019: On Canada Day July 1st RA Edie with April, Eoin and Laura, Alex, Larry, Sherian, Bobtoc, and the following friends of Edie, Maureen with her dog Chester, Erin and Jenna with their dog Guiness and June, walked from the Eileen Dailly swimming pool at Confederation Park at 8:30 a.m. to the Brighton swim pool in Vancouver via the route …
June 2019 Down the road we go! Lots of Chattering going on but not a lot of speed…. Saturday June 1 2019: Alex, Edie with canine April, Eoin and Laura, Len with his granddog Jax, Flora, Rene, Kevin and Bobtoc, with Gillian Coates who said hello to the group at the Centre on Saturday a.m. before she continued into the Centre. The weather was superb; sunny, warm. The route selected was to go east into …