Our Adventures

We are sad that the Olympics have come to an end. We really got into them this time around, seeing as how they were happening within hours of us. Although we didn't get tickets to any events (which we regret), we were able to join in the festivities down in Vancouver two weekends ago. We went with my brother and his girlfriend Marie and Eric and Carmen and probably picked one of the nicest and busiest days to go but that made us really have a feel for all the hype that the Olympics brought. The sun was shining and we spent hours walking around just taking in all the different displays, crowds and pavilions that were set up. We only made it into two pavilions, the Saskatchewan house (which only took about 20 minutes to get into) and the Sochi house (which is where the Olympics are in 2014, this took about 2 1/2 hours to get into). The pavilions we went into though were not that great so we wished we would've picked better ones like the Canadian Mint Pavilion where you could see Olympic medals from various Olympics or the BC house which was supposed to be good too. But that's okay, we really just wanted to be downtown and experience the craziness that the Olympics brought with streets filled of people, performers juggling on uni-cycles and we even briefly saw the "snow leopard" (who was the only athlete from Ghana). So all in all it was a good time but we wish we could've seen/done more.



Not much else has been going on with us but we did have something very strange happen to us the other night. We were walking home in the evening from my parents place after having supper and were going through the school field behind our house when we saw all these people scattered out on the field with red headlamps and flashlights. They were all on their knees and to us it looked like they were doing some sort of worship dance to the earth because they kept moving their lights around. We looked out our bedroom window when we got home and they were still there even when we went to bed. The next day Chris brought it up at school and one of his co-workers said he had seen the same thing a few years ago and actually asked one of the people what they were doing. Turns out they were digging for worms. Still kind of strange but a little less unnerving than what we originally thought was happening. I don't think I have ever seen something so strange in my life.

Next week Chris has spring break so we're looking forward to a little getaway that we planned down on the Washington coast in a town called Long Beach. We booked a room at a nice Bed and Breakfast for 3 nights that is right on the beach and has its own patio and jacuzzi tub. Should be pretty relaxing. We're hoping for sunshine but if not it still looks like a great place to stay with lots to explore.