Well, it was another day and another few parks.
We'd known for a month that we'd be without electricity for most of the day. Every couple of years the electrical room in our condo buildings requires some type of robust maintenance. Our supply of power was due to cut from 9:00 am for about six hours.
We thought we'd take the opportunity to get out of the apartment during part of that time. At first, we planned to go 'out the valley' a ways but the day started off a little gloomy looking and we weren't sure if we'd have rain or not.
So, we just got in the car and drove. As I'd headed out uptown, we kept moving in the direction of North Road and the Lougheed part of Coquitlam. As we continued I thought about going to Como Lake, another location very close but one that we'd thus far never visited. We're obviously taking our free days to see some local areas in which we've never had reason to explore.
We found that Como Lake was cute, more of a pond than a lake. The little body of water and surrounding park is less than eight kilometers from our apartment. It is a nice resource for those living in nearby neighbourhoods and was quite busy even on a Monday morning. Lots of people were out for some morning exercise, I guess. We circled the lake on foot as it was probably less than two kilometers around its circumference.
When back at the car, I noted on the GPS map we were already on a main street leading down to Port Moody. We took that opportunity to see the salt water of the far end of the Burrard Inlet again. Lazy otters were playing in the water as well as some well-off humans in expensive boats.
On the way home, we again stopped at Queen's Park DC EV chargers in our city and I topped up Kimchi's battery to 84%. After the two other locations, we didn't feel like doing a lot of walking, but found a few quiet benches for a 20-minute respite.
We weren't very successful at wasting time as we got home a bit after 12 noon. The power was still off, but rather than finding something to eat outside, Jay said he could heat up lunch on the camp stove. The old Coleman is part of our emergency preparedness supplies and in an easily-accessible closet.