It might be a drought, but it feels so good! Today, we had errands to run uptown. The street party started at noon but we parked on the Royal City Centre Mall's roof a lot earlier than that.
We did have a few things to buy in Walmart. Oh, and we found a good deal on a duffle-bag style suitcase at a store called the Madhatters. As we're taking Turkish Air to Sri Lanka this winter, we can each take two pieces of luggage for free. This comes in handy because Jay finds a lot of things not available there that his sisters can use. I'll also pick up one of the same bags later to supplement our regular suitcases.
We walked around prior to the music starting. We saw many people heading to the area. Seeing so many people out on the streets is joyous. Remember those boring COVID summers? The Lower Mainland (Metro-Vancouver) is a beautiful place during summer. If there's a drawback to the gorgeous weather it's that too many groups plan events on the same, few weekends of July and August. It's not possible to go to all the ones that'd be fun.
