The mercury has hit 90 degrees for two days in a row.
As you might expect, throngs of people decided to escape their sweltering homes and pack Golden Gardens to try to get cool. At least a thousand people stretched from one side to the other.
Attendants were turning people away at the entrance (as of 5 p.m. Sunday), because the parking lots were full. People then circled around and tried to find parking on Seaview, which was lined with cars all the way down to Ray’s.
And if you think it’s hot sitting on the beach, imagine the folks in the Mountains to Sound race, who finished the last leg of their biking-kayaking-running course at Golden Gardens this evening. Ugh.
But when it was over, racers enjoyed the beach.
“It was pretty bad at the zoo this afternoon: 87 in the shade,” adds Piogga in comments. “Most of the animals were trying to sleep through the worse of it, while the silly humans trekked about in the sun.”
5 responses so far ↓
1 pioggia // Jun 29, 2008 at 4:59 pm
It was pretty bad at the zoo this afternoon - 87 in the shade. Most of the animals were trying to sleep through the worse of it, while the silly humans trekked about in the sun…
2 Locks Fan // Jun 29, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Um…thousands? Maybe a few hundred. But thousands at Golden Gardens?
3 Geeky Swedes // Jun 29, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Hmmm, it’s well over a thousand, but you’re right, “thousands” may be a little much. We updated.
We’ve never seen that many people there.
4 Suthii // Jun 29, 2008 at 9:38 pm
“We’ve never seen that many people there.”
One more reason to go to Carkeek.
5 Locks Fan // Jun 30, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Geeky Swedes, shucks. Didn’t mean to cause that! :) I think it was the science background in me just taking mental inventory of how many people could possibly pack into that strip of park in a short time…and yet not be stacked on top of each other.
And yes, Carkeek is often deserted. Probably because most of it is in shadow!
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