Hockey day, day 3

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

We started with a quick bowel of cereal and then off to Hudson Bay Company, which is the offical olympic superstore. There has been a line every time we have been past the store so we thought if we hit it right away in the morning we might have a chance at a shorter line. We were only in line for about 45 minutes and we started our wait next to a Starbucks, which means I got a coffee! Yum-o! We met a nice young couple from Vancouver Island that told us all about the neat attractions from the area. Even the intriguing Ski and Surf trip where you can ski in the a.m. and be down on the beach by the evening looking for whales, that's my kind of vacation. The store was abit of a mad house. And, a bit of a bummer. They were really only selling Olympic souveniors and Team Canada stuff. We were hoping for some team USA gear. Guess we really should have looked harder before we left. Just thought they'd have more here. What were we thinking? oh well, less to pack right? Then we looked around a bit but headed back to our home away from home for some subway sandwiches and a quick nap before our big Hockey game.

It had been an overcast day since the get go but sometime during our nap the clouds let loose and we had to venture out in the rain to navigate the hockey arena. First dilemma was parking. The Olympics had no offical parking since they didn't endorse public tranportation. Meaning since we rented we were on our own. We thought we had found a good deal on a roof top only to get scared away and finally found a small lot a few blocks away. Then we ran like mad since we had wasted a bit of time comtemplating the first spot. Turns out we were a few minutes after the puck dropped. Not bad considering all the security and walking we had to do. We saw the Canadians V. Germany. The Canandian whipped them pretty easily 7-3. IT was a fun game though because of all the scoring. Well that and the Canadian crowd, they are pretty fun to be amongst. Max seemed to really like hockey. He did very well at the game. I think his favorite part was the crowd. He loved to try and make eye contact with people. Then he would give them a big smile and he has even taken to giving high fives out. Who is this kid? He certianly didn't get Robb's or my shy gene.

We headed home between the rain drops, with quick bathroom break at a starbucks ( they are everywhere). Once home we again watched as much Olympics as we could handle, on the 4 all Olympics channels we can access. That pretty much is our routine now and puts us to sleep most nights.