2/14/10 – Day 4 – Exploring the City, Day 2
On the schedule for today were the things that we didn’t get to do yesterday. Oh, and we found the crowds. We started off on Granville Island, looking for lunch. We ate at The Keg, because it was...
View Article2/15/10 – Day 5 – Snowboard Cross day at Cypress Mountain
So early! 5 AM, thyroid medication. 6 AM get up and get ready/eat breakfast. 7 AM out the door for our multi-modal transit experience. First, walk down to the Granville Island to catch the Olympic Line...
View Article2/16/10 – Day 6 – Intermission Begins
Today we head back to Bellingham on Amtrak, pick up our car and return home for 9 days before returning to Vancouver for another trip to Cypress Mountain for the Slalom and the Closing Ceremonies. Alan...
View Article2010 Olympics Audio/Visual
Here are the links to our Olympics Photos (video to come) Opening Ceremonies Exploring Vancouver (Day One) Exploring Vancouver (Day Two) More to follow…
View Article2/27/10 – Day 8 Parallel Snowboard Slalom at Cypress Mountain
Same procedure as last time: Get ready, leave at 7 AM, walk to Olympic Line, take Olympic Line to Olympic Village station, take Canada Line to Waterfront Station, take SeaBus to Lonsdale Quay, get on...
View Article2/26/10 – Day 7 Intermission Ends
Buckley likes going to camp, thankfully. Same routine as before. Drop off the Dog. Applebee’s. Drop of the car and get a ride to the train station. Arrive in Vancouver. Be the last train car to be...
View Article2/28/10 – Day 9 Closing Ceremonies
The morning mainly consisted of Geoff working on photo captioning and Joe doing some shopping. Then the hockey game came on and Joe said the streets became deserted, except for young, loud Canadians...
View Article2/29/10 – Day 10 Returning Home
In the morning we went back to the Official Olympic store at The Bay to see if there were any deals like we found in Gastown. Nope. I guess that since the Paralympics coming up on March 12th, they...
View ArticleVisit to Mt. Rainier National Park
7/28/2012 For our 5th wedding anniversary, Joe and I went to Mt. Rainier National Park. He had never been and I haven’t been in 20 years. I wondered what a simple thing to do would be, once we got...
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