Unmasked Hot Walk

A blog friend asks: "Just wondering - you have no mask requirements there in Canada when out and about?"

That's right. It is recommended that we mask in more closed environments, especially when the distance rule is in jeopardy, but there are no regulations. Our premier has reaffirmed that stores can refuse customers who don't mask if they so choose, but I think he was just making clear what has always been the case.

After months of cold and a late spring, I was caught unprepared for the heat yesterday. When I had last looked at the forecast a few days ago, I thought I saw that the temperature would only rise to the low-twenties yesterday. Then, when I found myself extremely hot and sweaty on our walk, I thought that I just wasn't used to normal temperatures. It was then that Sue checked her watch and saw that it was 29C/84F. Exerting yourself, or at least myself, under a bright sun in that temperature is hot work, indeed.

But it was rather grand to have the midpoint bench reopened, and we spent a rather pleasant 10 minutes or so there.

Our view, which, of course, you have seen before.

I made a little video: it sweeps across the river, toward the trail, and to Sue on the bench. (Oops. I had to trim it because the file was too big for Blogger — probably because it was too high resolution rather than too long.)

So, todays selfies will just be us on the bench. The first is from setting my compact camera on the ground in timer mode — all legs due to the low camera position. The second is from Sue's phone. Expect the silly selfies to return soon.

There have been many painted rocks left in the park and along trails for the enjoyment of passersby in these times, but we found two that were a notch above. The first was in the tree beside the bench, the second in another spot as we left the park.