What a day

Everything went wrong!

Most frustrating: I signed up for a Meetup group called "Hike to Eat" to meet people and get some exercise and of course food. For today's event, a group of 20 were to meet down by the beach, and then walk 9km in an almost loop, so I rode my bike there and figured I'd close the loop at the end to ride home.

Found the meeting spot, introduced myself to the host. There were only two other people there, who didn't have much to say, so it seemed like it would be a wash on the meeting people front, but oh well.

Went to find a bike rack (the host didn't have any suggestions as to where the closest would be) and when I got back a few minutes later they were gone! 

I spent about five minutes wandering around looking for them, but nothing. Finally I checked the event page, and there was a message to someone else who thought they'd be 5 minutes late saying "we leave promptly and don't wait." I posted a question and didn't hear back in 10 minutes so left.

Later the host said he "felt bad" about leaving without warning, but wanted to stick to the schedule. I'm still kind of astonished that someone would just leave without so much as a warning! A simple "heads up we're leaving in 2 minutes, catch up with us on this path if we're gone when you get back" would have made all the difference in the world. 

Anyway. 

So I rode all the way north (uphill) from the Lakeshore to the 401 to do some fabric shopping, so the day wasn't a complete waste. Kind of wrecked me though, because I barely ate before I left the house (since I thought I was going to "Hike to Eat") - 30+ km of hills on half a cup of coffee and a banana. Not recommended! Headache now and an early night.