If we exit through the parking levels in the basement of our building, we can directly access the Columbia SkyTrain Station. Tracks run in both directions, but we can go in any of three ways! One side heads towards downtown Vancouver. We often take that.
The tracks in the other direction split off just outside our station. One direction is towards Braid and the Lougheed Town Centre. The other, and the older one, heads across the Fraser River on a transit only suspension bridge towards Surrey, BC. This is the one we boarded today.
We viewed the missing gap in the new Pattullo Bridge. This is a long weekend in Canada and the old bridge is closed for work on access roads for the replacement. In the image, it was a little hard to see the progress behind the 88-year-old original bridge. The new one will go into operation late this year, we've heard. The iconic orange structure of the original will be torn down upon its replacement's completion. The rail bridge in the photo above will remain untouched.
We went to Surrey Central Station, just one stop before the line's terminus. It takes eight minutes to get there and is near bus connections and the Surrey Central Mall. We went to the mall today to pick up several grocery items in a Walmart. We also visited the T&T Asian Supermarket. Jay found the thick, frozen, chopped sheets of lemongrass that he uses when cooking. There must have been supply chain issues as we have had a hard time seeing any until today. The Asian market chain also has a self-service area of cooked, hot Chinese food for takeaway. Jay selected mostly meats to include with our own food when we came back home for lunch.
