Today a new member, Judy, joined our group at Britannia Seniors Centre with Rosemarie, Henny, Linda, Deborah, Lorna and me (Virginia), we walked to Broadway and Commercial and hopped on the 99 B-Line only to discover that Deborah was missing ... she had sidestepped the group to go home and make a quick change of clothing and we lost her ... when we arrived at Broadway and Cambie, she called to say she would join us next time ... At this point, I reminded the ladies that it is necessary to the integrity of the group that anyone who wishes to leave or take a quick side trip should let me know so that we can decide to wait for that person or continue the walk ... this is to prevent unnecessary delays as we try to complete by 1:30 pm, unless we are travelling farther, such as Steveston Village in Richmond ...
Cambie Street was recently re-opened, following months of construction of the Canada Line underground sky train tunnel ... today the big box stores (Save on Foods, Canada Tire, Best Buy, London Drugs) held a an open-air celebration along Cambie ... hot dogs, coffee, balloons and coupons for products and services were offered and a stage was set up with ongoing live entertainment for the afternoon ... By the time we had collected coupons and coffee, the sun came out so we decided to continue our walk along False Creek to Granville Market ... Lorna excused herself to go to Pacific Centre train station where she was arranging a trip on VIA Rail ... Henny returned to Britannia to pick up her car as she had other errands to run ... that left four of us ... The Market was not as busy as it usually is on a Saturday so navigating the narrow aisles was easy ... we found great coffee and pastries which we enjoyed outside on the north deck where a musician was performing ... we also stopped at Ocean Cement's open house where cement trucks were parked along the perimeter of the fenced yard ... a few of the truck mixers were painted in beautiful designs ... one mixer was painted to look like a giant strawberry ... in the centre was a huge sand pile crawling with little people playing with loaders, dump trucks and other construction equipment ...
The clouds returned and the wind came up with a chill, so we caught the #50 bus downtown and transferred to the #20 Victoria and came back to Britannia Centre ... We are tentatively planning a car trip to Steveston Village on the Victoria Day weekend ... Rosemarie and Henny will drive so we can take a total of eight passengers ... a small sum will be requested from each passenger to cover the cost of fuel .
Thanks to all those people who have provided ideas for walks and entertainment venues ... until next week, keep your feet on the ground and your head in the clouds .
Contributor Virginia
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