Smell the roses

Every day we have a nice walk.  Because of the "stay close to home", we walk our neighbourhood.  We really enjoy the beach walks at White Rock and Crescent Beach but we haven't done those in two months.  I look forward to walking the beach when this is over. 

The nice thing about our neighbourhood is people see you coming and move to a safe distance.  Everyone says hello and we see many of the same people every day.  We see a man who jogs with his child in a stroller.  There is a mom who takes her kids for bike rides.  We see the same dogs every day and usually see our letter carrier, Sue. 

I would stop and smell the roses but they aren't out yet.  All the spring flowers are in full bloom and there is much colour on our walks.  We seem to notice them more this year, maybe because we are more relaxed and thoroughly enjoy walking.

Richard and I did a longer walk last week.  We walked the rail tracks!

These are the old BC Electric Interurban railway tracks that go from Vancouver to Chilliwack

Richard and I walked the rails from 156 to 152 Street.  The Sullivan Station stop is at 152.  The Fraser Valley Historical Railway Society runs the interurban every spring.  Janice and Jim came with us a few years ago and we did the trip.  Janice's dad worked on the interurban!  This year the start has been postponed until July 4th. 

They are preparing a parking lot at Sullivan Station and they said a couple of years ago you would be able to take the interurban from Sullivan to Cloverdale, return. 

It's run by volunteers who not only run the tram, but restore the cars.  It's an awesome organization.