Walkening: The Update

So far there have only been two times we wanted to use the car and one time where we did.

Time #1 August 1
We saw Jeff's fringe play and this time the walking was a bit more extensive. We had dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant and walked to Inglewood.

Walking time: 25 minutes
Driving time: 6 minutes

Plus we saved on parking, so let's say $5. The walk there was fine as we saw the new Stampede Casino, walked by Elbow River, and saw the remains of an old maternity hospital. The play was excellent.

Now getting home we expected to be a bit tricky. We could get a ride home or walk. As we are old and married, we went home early and walked to the City Hall train station with Ben. The path to the train station would takes us past the areas where the homeless bed down for the night but Ben reassured us they were all sleeping. I wasn't worried about being attacked but more about the long walk.

But nothing happened and we caught a shuttle bus as the C-Train is down for some maintenance.

Time #2: August 17
Nicole was back in town for her sister's wedding. Day before she left for Las Vegas, we met up at Tim Hortons in Avenida. I think this was the only time I've wanted to take the car. We didn't leave the house until 8:30 p.m. And it being a Sunday night the trains ran infrequently and we didn't arrive until 9:30., Then the Tim's kicks us out because the close at 10 p.m. Apparently, this Tim's was no longer 24 hours. Also, Nicole was severely annoyed that the teenaged employees joyfully tossed the food into the garbage when we bought very similar food 10 minutes ago.

Luckily the Boston Pizza next door was open and we had surprisingly lovely spinach and artichoke dip. Unluckily, we were catching a train at 11 p.m. and it was a Sunday night and they run... as frequently as C-Trains on a Sunday night. Needless to say, we were tired Monday morning.

And the time we used the car
Went up to Edmonton Fringe on Aug. 16. We tracked our mileage but due to work schedules we haven't had time to figure out our cost. But it didn't help our costs that we stayed with Daorcey's parents who live 30 minutes outside of the city and had to pay for parking. Next year, and we always say this at the end of Fringe, we'll stay in the city and make a long weekend of it.

Conclusions:
Taking the C-Train is fine when:
- it is not under maintenance
- it is not Sunday night

It's going to be a month Friday and I don't think we've seen people less or done less. In fact, the thing that may keep us inside is the release of Force Unleashed. But there's only been one time where I wanted to use the car so that's pretty good.