Daytime walking

The immediate heat wave seems to have abated, at least for today.  My body seems to agree, since it apparently allowed me to do a bit of catching up on sleep last night.  I got close to nine hours sleep last night.

With the result, of course, that I started out a bit later than normal today, in terms of a walk.  I haven't been to Queensborough for a couple of weeks, so I decided to try that today.  I may even try to go over the Queensborough bridge all the way to New Westminster.  After all, it's Saturday, and there isn't quite as much traffic on the bridge.

More things are open, of course.  This gives me a slightly greater range of options in case I need to get a drink, or find someplace to use the toilet.  Although, it doesn't increase them all that much, when I'm going over the bridges.

I don't have any particular appointments or duties to perform today, so I suppose it doesn't matter if I walk late into the afternoon.  It was nice starting out this morning, even though it was already 9:30, the sun was shining, and was definitely warm, but any breezes were actually somewhat cool, so it was nicer than it had been walking for the last few days.

I brought my backpack, and packed some water in it.  I've stopped at the casino, and had a cup of tea to keep up hydration.  I think I'll do some shopping at Value Village: the other day I saw that they had Tilly type hats, and I might see if I can find one that will fit.  I think that that might be a good idea for later on in the winter when the rains start again.  My current hats could probably actually use a soaking, since they are definitely getting sweat and salt stained, but I'm not sure that they'd survive a soaking.

I'm actually starting to get quite fond of the casino.  I'm not gambling of course, but I did register for their frequent gambler card, in order to get a discount on the buffet.  There is a kiosk as you enter the casino that you can swipe your rewards card in to get various prizes, such as free gambling points, discounts on the buffet, or other things.  Today, when I entered, I swiped the card, and I got a free $10 gas card.  So that's better than a poke in the eye with a shark stick.