Yaletown Torch Lighting!!

11. February

the 2nd last torch lighting overall, and the VERY FIRST TIME the Olympic Flame had ever been in Vancouver!! I putzed a little bit during the day, and then headed downtown to meet Christina, so we could go pick up Curtis from work, and head over to Yaletown for the Arrival of the Torch.. This city is BUZZING... People are EVERYWHERE in their Olympic Gear.. whether it be from CANADA, or RUSSIA.. or even the NETHERLANDS!! (Yay Dutchies!!). Everyone seems pumped and excited! So we braved the crowds, and headed on over.. after the SkyTrain was a lineup was appearing to be at LEAST 15 min, just to get ON it, we decided to just walk the extra 15 blocks or whatever. My 7D in tow, and Christina's $2000 massive 70-200 f/2.8 lens in her backpack, we arrived, and stood patiently in the growing by the minute line.

2 lines were formed. 1 for people with bags, 1 for people without. Christina and I each had a camera bag, so we just brought Curtis in our line. I saw Artee Thompson handing out RBC gear, a Katimavik mate of mine from AGES ago, and got a quick pic with him before continuing in the lineup

There was METAL DETECTOR SCANNERS to get into the event, which was MADNESS, but made sense for an event of that kind of magnitude.

Passed the Coca Cola HAPPINESS HOUSE, and saw the wicked displays by PANASONIC and their 3D technology. Samsung had a huge display too. Oh, and everyone was given an RBC TAMBOURINE.. haha

it was fantastic to say then least. the dancers and the songs. the mayor of Vancouver came to speak.. After 106 days on the road, all the Torch Relay work had been completed.

gotta run.. will post the rest of this story later.. womens Preliminary hockey tickets await me at UBC stadium!