Today's the Day!

On the bus at 5am again today. If they ever get the WiFi working on the ship I will download "on the Road again" and make it my theme song.
Yesterday was very uneventful as the west coast is socked in for the next few days. In Whistler it was very wet snow all day in the village and occasionally switching to rain. The alpine training runs were cancelled and it was very quiet. My first day on the road went like this: arrive at fleet compound late due to train blocking the road. Divide into teams and get assigned vehicles and "on demand" locations. We were assigned the Whistler Village where the athletes live and is also public access to alpine events. There were 20 vehicles positioned there all day and we had zero clients. So I figured out how to hook up my phone to the hands free bluetooth, got the navigation system working, wired my iPod into the audio system and then recharged my phone and camera. At 11:30 we were given a 2 hour break, so I went touring to all the events and hotels in the village. I returned at 1:30 and sat for 2 more hours until end of shift. We got back to the boat at 6, just in time for dinner and then found out that the TV was out and we still don't have internet. It seems that Bell and Telus are just as inept in BC as they are in Ontario (ha).
Hopefully today will be more eventful with ski jumping starting this morning.
The opening ceremonies will be spectacular, so I'm looking forward to watching in the village ...let the Games begin!!!


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Best regards,

Greg
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