24 Km Bike Ride in Port Coquitlam
Trip Start
Aug 18, 2008
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34
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Trip End
Ongoing
Port Coquitlam,
British Columbia,
Canada
Monday, October 20, 2008
The scenery was breath-taking and we found that on part of the trail equestrian riders were invited to ride the trails. There was a woman with a beautiful horse riding the trail with her dog leading the way. It was really quite a site. The woman who was from Burnaby said it was her first time using this trail, that generally she went to another area...who knew that you could have many options to ride your horse around on public land. I don't know of too many places that offer that flexibility
Colleen on the Trail
.The trail offers so many different types of terrain from forest and rough paths to paved paths and foot bridges. Every turn takes you into something a little different. We were not sure exactly where we were going, but up to the last wrong turn, we were able to follow the signs quite easily. Steve saw a sign that said Shaughnessy Street and since we live on that street he thought that would be the correct way for us to go...we were wrong, and it was an up-hill climb for about a kilometer. We now have discovered our error and will not make that one again, although he as I mentioned was impressively able to ride his bike up the steep hills.
It you want to check out the Port Coquitlam Trail, you can cut and paste the following URL into your browser address line -
http://www.city.portcoquitlam.bc.ca/Citizen_Services/Parks_and__Recreation/Facilities___Amenities/Traboulay_PoCo_Trail.htm
We have a goal to get healthier and to loose a bit of weight, tone up and just have fun doing it. So far, getting the bicycles was a good start. We are going to be looking for other ways to get fit as well. One thing we are doing is to walk up the four flights of stairs to our apartment whenever we are not carrying anything with us
Horse on Trail
. Even that reminds me how out of shape I am. Hopefully in a few months I will be able to report that I am able to do the stairs without getting winded. Steve on the other hand seems to have no problem with his fitness level. I am glad for that since he just had another birthday - October 16th he turned 51! We had a quiet day but one that still had some adventure. We traveled to Rachael's on the Skytrain for the first time. We parked our car in Coquitlam and hopped on the train and was at her place in less than 10 minutes. That is definitely the way to go. We stayed at her place for about an hour and come back by train, then went out to dinner at a chain here called Earls. The food was exceptional and Steve seemed to really enjoy his day.
The day before Steve's birthday, we went to see Corinne (Ma) Peters. She is the mother of a friend that I met when I managed an apartment building with my first husband George. Arlene, her first husband Philip and daughter Nova (who was only about 2 at the time) rented an apartment in our building, her mother lived just two blocks up the street so we got to visit often. She was like a Nana to Rachael where her grandparents were not living close by at the time. We had a wonderful lunch at her place and enjoyed her beautiful view. It is great to have such long-time friends here. We may not get to see them very often were we live in Port Coquitlam, but at least we can be in touch more regularly than when we were living in Nova Scotia
Beautiful Skys
. It makes i it a bit easier where we miss everyone back home a great deal. We are expecting our second visitor this week - on Tuesday. Another long-time friend (she was the first friend I made in Vancouver in 1978 - we worked together that first spring I arrived here 30 years ago at a store called Hell Bent For Leather on Granville Street) Cindy (Cynthia to most of the world now) is planning on coming out to see our place and to have dinner with us. She lives right downtown, so we are going to pick her up at the skytrain station to make her trip easier for her. We are really looking forward to sharing our space with people. We have an open door policy and look forward to company visiting the area to come stay with us.
More adventures will follow.
Comments
good ta see you both
good to see you both having a great time. all our love carol and pat.
Loved reading your updates!!!
Wow, you made it, of course! I just loved hearing all your details.I take it Cocoa is still missing :( Jim and I took the bikes to Keji this year and that was an eye opener for me too :) Your place looks soo nice....looks and sounds just right. Hope you have lots of fun till the work starts again :)
Stay well and happy :)
Shauna