Today was the beginning of what we consider perfect weather. You'll never ever hear me complain that it's too hot. For, when temperatures are 30°C, I'm the happiest. I absolutely love it when one needn't think twice about running out the door in shorts and sandals. Thankfully, for a number of years we've spent winters in such places. It has been quite a few months before the local weather has caught up to our preferences this year.
Today on Google Earth, I saw a patch of green running though a rather industrial area near our Canadian Superstore and Coquitlam IKEA. I didn't recall seeing anything that seemed as though it could be a park. So, we drove twenty minutes from the apartment to check it out. Sure enough, there was a recovered creek zone labeled as a 'linear park' running to the Fraser River. Next to the water there was a small area with grass and a few picnic tables called Don Roberts Park. It was really a pleasant place in a very unexpected area. We walked a few kilometers.
Before heading back home, we spent 20 minutes at New Westminster's Queen Park so my car could charge up a bit. Now, because the weather is good, if I were to charge the battery to 100%, my Hyundai Kona shows it would be able to travel about 509 km (316 miles). That'd be enough to get to Portland, Oregon. I'm sure I'd suck up more electricity than that with my propensity for a lead foot with Kimchi on any good highway.
