Monday, JULY 10

By the time we rose about 9am, several of the RV's in our group had left, but we feel rested. We have decided to stay one more night. Lsundry needs doing, I need to stay off my foot (the plantar fasciitis is really bad now) and the weather to the west of us looks really nasty. Several we've visited with today feel the weather is a concern also. They're opting to stay one more night too...After noon Norman says, "Let's go to the Olympic Park!" We are so happy we did. The bad weather was all south of the city; we had sunshine at the Park. With only two hours until closing, we managed to do everything except see the video in the museum.

The museum was great. It had all the outfits the Canadians have worn since 1988 in the Olympics. They were really nice (and expensive). And there were interactive displays to try. We don't know ZIP about hockey and couldn't figure out how to hit the puck. Lost those games "big time". Tried to get into the position for ski-jumping. I couldn't come close and Norman only managed it by putting his hands on the skiis. We sure laughed hard here.

I was really disappointed in the Ice House. I was under the impression we could do a "controlled" luge run. The Ice House is set-up with runs for bobsled, luge and skeleton, but they are only long enough for the athletes to practice their starts. It was going to cost us $6 Canadian to go less than 100 feet. (The sleds down Mt. Hood Meadows or Park City were much better even though they were on cement.)

We got into a bobsled. Let me tell you...that is really difficult. The passenger area is so narrow, I thought we were going to have to have help getting out. We twisted, we turned, we crawled, we fell out "best way"...lol.


The photos today aren't very good. Two cameras in the RV, and we forgot them both. We bought a disposable in the Park giftshop. Shucks, not the best photos, but they do provide memories.