Brunette River

Walk 132: A late spring stroll, with bonus photos

I decided to go out for a walk on the river trail, and so I wouldn’t be bothered getting hot ‘n sweaty, I dressed to run. I even pondered a short run, but it was mid-afternoon on a Sunday and opted not to.

I walked to the lake but stopped to take a few photos, so did not record it as exercise. The walk back I did record, the stats are below.

Here are the photos:

Brunette River
Burnaby Lake, just west of Cariboo Dam
A leaf on the river trail, getting way ahead of itself

Stats:

Walk 132
Average pace: 9:09/km
Location: Brunette River trail
Distance: 4.02 km
Time: 36:43
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 22°C
Humidity: 50%
Wind: light
BPM: 109
Weight: 168.1 pounds
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255
Total distance to date: 939.01 km

The ducks and the river

Lower Hume Park had several sudden ponds due to the rain over the past day and a bunch of mallards were there to take advantage of it. Better than swimming in the Brunette River, which was very shallow a few days ago and is very not shallow right now, as the photo below indicates.

Proof of ducks (and a crow). This is a crop zoomed in to 93% and the best you’re going to get on a crusty old iPhone 12:

Some photos, February 15, 2025

Yeah, I already posted photos. Here’s more! These are scenery shots from today’s walk.

Brunette River, with lingering bits of snow.
See where the river bends in the first photo? This is the view from around that bend.
This tree bridge is a bit more slippery than normal.
Snowy trail. Not as slipery as it looks!

Lately I am lacking in loquaciousness

I feel like I have things to say, but I never really know how to say them, so I end up saying nothing. On the plus side, I’ve posted a lot of cats pics, which are the fuel of the internet.

For a change of pace, here’s the Brunette River, from a slightly different vantage point, as the river was quite low and I was able to sneak farther down than usual:

(Slightly altered in Luminar AI, mostly to remove the green runoff pipe and fix the sky a bit [but no giraffes])