Susan and Emily brought me to the airport at about 7:20am for my 9am flight to Vancouver. It was sad to see my wife and Emily go. Without a doubt, the hardest part of this trip will be how much I will miss my family. The flight was uneventful and I was able to spend some time learning my new camera: the Samsung ST550. This is a relly neat camera, with some very cool features. For example, it can be set to take a picture automatically when the subject acutally 'smiles'. Crazy.
While seated in the front row on the bus from Vancouver to Whistler, I could barely believe my eyes when I saw Nancy Askin step on board. Nancy is the National VP of Education for the CSPS. She is also the person who awarded me the President's Trophy back in 2006 when my team won the Ontario Divisional First Aid and Rescue competition. We rode together up to Whister and chatted about many things. I was sure I would meet people I knew on this trip but I really didn't think it would be that soon. Small world indeed. We spent the next few hours together getting our acreditation.
After my acreditation, I boarded another bus to Pemberton. Jeff met me at the bus stop and helped carry my stuff to his place a short walk away. We had a beer or two and some diner. Nice to finally be here.
My venue training was moved up a day. Tomorrow at 10am I will be venue trained and in the afternoon, I will be ON THE HILL!
The adventure has finally begun!
I've updated the 'Olympic Pictures' with today's pictures.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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