They have a dozen snow making machines at Cypress Mountain the venue for the half pike, moguls, aerials and boarder cross, but it has been to warm to run them since the beginning of January. So they are trucking in snow from Manning Park about 3 ½ hr east of Vancouver. The forecast for this weekend is for rain and the freezing point is 1500 meters a little over 4800 ft, the peak of Cypress Mountain isn’t that high. Bring your umbrella! They refurbished the outdoor ice rink at Robson Square in the heart of Vancouver, they installed a new ice machine that was supposed to keep the ice hard till March. Last week they were laying down plastic sheets of fake ice. Whistler Mountain will be ok as far as snow, it’s higher in elevation and gets a lot more snow. The problem is when the warm moist air cones off the Pacific Ocean Whistler get heavy fog. The woman’s practice runs were canceled because of fog yesterday.
How were the sign police in Salt Lake City? Here they are going after any business that has Olympic, Olympia, or has the torch or rings, in their logos or signs. They say it is to protect the official sponsors of the games. There is an Olympia restaurant chain that has been in business for over 30 years and the Olympic committee tried to get them to change there name, their menu, their signs the ad in the phone book, any thing that’s Olympian. The Olympic committee even managed to get a bylaw passed allowing the police to enter your home to remove signs. The Olympic committee bought up all the billboard space in and around Vancouver and along the route to Whistler Mountain during the Olympics. Only the official Olympic sign company will get most of the work. (BITTER PARTY OF ONE) Which is most likely Paterson signs, but they hold the lease on most of the billboard locations anyway. Jimmy Paterson is a local boy who gives back to the community. Although he owns a lot in the community I’m really not that bitter about the Olympics being hosted by our province, it will bring billions of dollars into the province, has created thousands of jobs, we have had venues built, and the beauty of the country will be seen around the world. The hotels, restaurants, airlines, taxies, ticket scalpers, transit and any one supply he Olympics will see huge profits over the next weeks. And when the games are all over it’s the public that gets to pay off the infrastructure costs for the next 25 years. Ok maybe I am a little bitter but I’m 6 hrs removed from that rat race so I’ll sit back in my lazy boy and watch the games.
Tracie sorry for hijacking your tread
