Epic Walk Diaries (July 29)
glad to be at gladstone
eager to pick
thwarted to the way back
we agree
it’s pleasant in pleasantville after all
riverside living
groomed wild community
careful peace
gardens for the curious
noted garbage absence
heavy machine interrupts
gas side living – naturally
fortissimo!
heron floats into the booms
adjacent camouflaged geese
perfectly distanced
three pink tugboats
comfortable joy
solo walks
family noodle picnics
signs of birthdays
makeshift bonfires
heat
heat
so hot
some sweat some overheat
grateful for
cottonwoods maples mountain ash
and unnamed sun shields
paths among friends
sustained by plumpest blackberries
baked to perfect sweetness
and hospitality
four paintings
relate a change of relation
river as witness
wesgroup looks away
river as district
commodity community
boundary achieved!
a gate greets us
tempts us
to burnaby beyond
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Start 1:49pm
End 5:15pm
Start on a very hot day at gladstone park, follow the river path, the railway, around a fortis gas construction, to the shore, back to the path, lunch at riverfront park, best pesto ever, to adcy beach, past a lot of log booms, to the new river district, arriving at burnaby fraser foreshore park – the end of this side of the epic walk, back along the paths and railway, collecting blackberries, to lola and air conditioning.
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