Day 5 and more Gold

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Day 5 started out with a miserable rainy and foggy ride from Squamish to Whistler. It is a very hard ride for the bus drivers who do 3 or 4 trips a day, with each round trip taking about 3 hours. By the time we arrived in Whistler the rain had changed to heavy wet slushy snow. The Village looked beautiful but it ruined the Downhill Course forcing the cancellation of the Super Combined. A friend of Janet's is a course manager with over 200 other Smurfs and they have been working until 2 or 3 every morning trying to keep the course in shape. Mother nature has not been kind to them. They have been getting 12" of snow at the top of the course, wet slush in the middle and rain at the bottom. They must clear the snow and slush every day, which must be a herculean task.
The next 5 to 7 days are to be sunny and amazing, which means we will see alpine events every day.
Yesterday I was stationed at the Athlete's Village and I was the only driver out of 12 to get a ride. He was an Olympic official from Tazikstan, which only has 2 athletes ...I believe he was a second cousin 4 times removed of Borat (ha)
The Canadian Hockey team looked good once they shook the rust from their skates. The Russians also look strong and we can't forget the US, Swedes, and Czech's ...so it will be a great tournament.
The women's border cross was an amazing win and 2nd gold for Canada. She failed to qualify in her first run, but through shear determination she still finished and then used that strength to propel herself to victory.
Today I am off and will see the Women's Downhill later this morning and then I have a ticket to the Luge doubles at 5pm tonight. I'm really looking forward to see the track. Stay tuned for an early report tomorrow as I will be back on the bus at 5am.


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Greg
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