Day 10 - A Sea of Red!

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Wow, what a day it was yesterday. I have 3 consecutive days off and I was on the 6 am bus from Squamish to Whistler so that I could meet my sister Lori and 5 year old niece Kyra for skiing. By 9 o'clock we had Kyra set up in Ski School and we were on the chair heading to the top. It was the fifth amazing day in a row and we never saw a cloud all day. The conditions were great and there were not many people on the hill ...probably 20% of a normal Sunday.
We met up with a friend from Toronto at lunch, who is volunteering for 7 weeks. He is working on the Women's Alpine courses and had some great insights into what it takes to pull off a Downhill or GS event. In the first week when the weather was bad, they were often on the course until 2 or 3 am trying to clear snow and keep the course in great shape. This was his first day off in 3 weeks and he was enjoying ripping up the slopes and blowing off some steam.
After skiing the Village was crazy with anticipation of the Canada vs US hockey game. People were scrambling for seats in bars to watch the game and there was red sweaters everywhere. We caught the bus over to Blackcomb to watch the game at Merlins, which is the Apres Ski preferred location. There was a huge line-up to get in, but friend's of Lori's had saved a table. The place was packed, noisy and a Sea of Red ...my gosh do people love this country!
The game was spectacular, unfortunately the US has the better goalie and Brodeur at 36 is not the same as he was winning Gold 8 years ago. You can't give up 4 goals on 20 shots ...just ask the Leafs (ha). Like they say, "it's just a game." The big win yesterday was the National Unity and the great spirit that resonated in both Vancouver and Whistler.
In spite of the big loss, Canada got back on the medal podium with a silver in speed skating and lost one in the Skier Cross.
Today is the 6th day of sun here in Whistler and it is time to hit the slopes again!
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Best regards,

Greg
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