Twenty-four degrees, glorious sunshine and the big change starts tonight to rain. I had to do a long walk, so I decided to walk to the PNE. The Pacific National Exhibition began who knows when as an agricultural fair. As a child I loved going because there were lots of buildings full of adventures. There were six buildings of animals, a building housing a monstrous scale topographical map of BC, a whole building full of flowers and many other delights. Plus, there were games and rides and many forms of junk foods. I walked 19,000 steps and many photos follow because I decided to walk home as well.
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First I walk across town, but once I leave the downtown core, the first thing I come to is a park I call Needle Park. There are boxes for sharps because of the nature of the perpetual residents. |
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Next I pass the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, the first and perhaps still, the only such classical garden outisde China. |
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The Chinese war memorial welcomes you to Chinatown on the route I took. |
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Chinatown. I love it. |
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A Buddhist monastery en route. |
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There are many parks along the route I took which is almost direct, two blocks south of Hastings (a horrible street to walk). |
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Crossing over the tracks. |
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I pass many schools and churches at which it is easy and pleasant to rest. |
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Old road surfaces. |
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Bosa Italian foods is fabulous. |
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These flocks seduced me. |
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I covet this enclosed south-facing verandah. |
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One building at the PNE continues—the "gadgets" building where you get those "it dices; it slices" salespersons left, right and centre. |
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A girl and her cotton candy. |
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Look at that design. I love this. |
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Another. |
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And another. |
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Where I went. |
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What I ate. |
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A favourite thing to do is to be with animals. There were many Clydesdales there today. |
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Designer chickens. |
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Pan showing his "come hither" gaze. |
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Irresistible. |
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The rides. I couldn't go there. |
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There is a superbly relaxing park adjacent to the rides. |
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She planted this garden for the first time this year. She has gobs of food where last year there was grass. |
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Adorable. |
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Grand. |
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A school door. |
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Another thing I covet. |
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A favourite store in Chinatown on my way home. |
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A tea shop. I got a pot and will return to a tea tasting to get some leaves. |
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Another favourite shop. Ming Wo's kitchen supplies where I got a half-dozen new Champagne glasses to go with the twenty bottles of grower's champagne I have ordered from France. |
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