Next, I rode over to the uptown London Drugs. I am able to fit right beside the shopping carts, near the door, on the second-floor parking garage. I bought several bottles of spray nasal decongestant. I know it's habit forming but I've now gotten into a routine of a squirt or two before going to bed. I don't want to mess around with those nasal-tape thingies.From there I headed out to Seventh Avenue, mainly to see if the new swimming pool at Moody Park was operating. The city just opened it last month but has run into technical difficulties. I didn't plan on swimming; rather, I just wanted to see where my tax dollars are going.
Seventh Avenue is the Cross-Town Bike Route. I continued west and was at the 22nd SkyTrain station in the blink or two of an eye. I figured I would run the trail under the SkyTrain just because it was such a nice day out. I ended up going to Burnaby's Central Park as well as the Metrotown branch of the library. I picked up a tourist guide for Sri Lanka. We'll be landing there in just about one month.
I nearly made it home by re-tracing my route. Except by the time I got to 13th Street, my battery was nearly dead. I'd never encountered what the bike is like on a dead battery. There was enough juice to walk beside it, but it wouldn`t go anywhere if I hopped on. I needed to walk it for the last half mile back home. It is not nearly as fun without power.
My GPS said I'd only been about 32 kilometers. The bike should go twice that but New Westminster is cursed with numerous steep hills. The City45 really cannot go where an ordinary pedal type can't. It looks like a scooter but although electric, it functions more like a bicycle. Today, I saw places I've not visited in 13 years of living here.