We are off again. It is a journey to Vancouver this time for two Olympic "veterans" and one "rookie". Three of us are leaving on February 23rd to fly into Seattle and then travel north to Vancouver. This will be the sixth Olympics for Rick, the fifth for Rick and Christina together, and Chris Hasen (who attended the USA hockey victory over the Soviets in 1980) is the new person to the adventures. We are excited about being in Vancouver and traveling north to Whistler to see the finals of the women's bobsled event. It will be our second sliding event, having seen the luge in Salt Lake City.

This blog is intended to be a transition blog, as provided by the Daily Local News, from our blog in 2008 when we traveled to China. If you did not get a chance to read our postings from Beijing, then it is still up and available for you to see along with a link to Shutterfly in the final post to see all of the pictures from the trip. We look forward to bringing to you our experiences in Canada and sharing some first hand thoughts and impressions with you. Please feel free to comment back or ask questions. We will try to answer anything that comes our way. Meanwhile, look for us on TV.

Rick Stevenson, Christina Valocchi, and Chris Hasen