enjoyed my 4th day off

After a lazy morning I went into Whistler to meet an old friend from my RMC days and his wife for lunch at a sushi place where their daughter-in-law works. Nice lunch and we were joined by some of their friends. One of the couples left their decorated dog outside and I had to include this picture for the cute factor...

 

When we came out from lunch we saw in the outdoor TV studio across from us the latest Canadian gold medal winner Jon Montgomery from Russell,Manitoba  being interviewed . I took a bunch of pictures and think this is the best one. I found out he won sitting in a restaurant with friends when my son Geof sent me a text message.
 

Wandering the streets afterwards I encountered some of the Olympic mascots sitting outside enjoying the day.

 

Then a bit further on there was another live concert taking place . I don't know the name of this group but they were very enthusiastic .Perhaps they are the Bare Naked Laddies.

  

Next I saw the Great Britain 1 Mixed Bobsled team performing some warmups for the crowd. Are these the people that won the gold medal for Great Britain?

 I mentioned in a previous post (I think) about a sign in a restaurant near our hotel. I had pizza there tonight with some American colleagues who are all very experienced and very entertaining people to be with. Well here is the Go Canada sign --- very Canadian if I do say so myself.

 

Our central command centre (the people who manage our schedules) called a while ago to tell me that my shift Sunday at the sliding centre doesn't start until 2pm instead of the 11am I had been told. Two man bobsled finals so that should be interesting. However my Norwegian roomie just came in a few minutes ago, not a happy person, as these same people took away his day off for a 12 hour (7am-7pm) shift at the downhill venue.