Day 4

Monday Feb, 22nd

Another mild and sunny day in Vancouver.
At this time last year, Vancouverites were in the middle of one of the coldest, snowiest winters they'd had in a while.

Women's Hockey - US vs Sweden - 12 noon
Figure Skating - Free Dance - 4:45 pm

Jamie and Karen - Women's Hockey - Canada vs Finland

GOLD MEDAL DAY FOR SCOTT MOIR , from Ilderton ON AND TESSA VIRTUE,from London ON. Youngest dancers to ever win a Gold Medal and only North Americans to ever win a Gold in Dance!

Iain and I saw the US beat Sweden very handily to advance to the Gold Medal round in Women's hockey. The American women are very fast and very skilled, but so are our Canadians and Jamie and Karen cheered them on as they beat Finland to advance to the Gold Medal round.

Before hopping the bus to the Pacific Coliseum again, for the Free Dance, Iain and I lined up (there are those words again) for a Vancouver 'must have' - the JAPADOG - the Japanese version of the hotdog, bratwurst, whatever. They were well worth the 45 minute wait and came complete with seaweed and other delicious Japanese toppings!
Up0n arrival at the arena, we met up with Alma and Joe,sons Danny and girlfriend Tessa (no not Scott's Tessa),son Charlie and wife Nicole, cousins Cara and Phil and other family friends, for our preskate glass of wine..... again! As the event began I hugged Alma and the tears started to flow....were we really here to watch her son compete for Olympic Gold?! Through my tears I said to her 'nobody is going to beat Scottie tonight'! I was wearing the 'I am right' T-shirt this time!
We witnessed, in person, another magical,flawless performance by a couple of kids who skate as one and have a connection that is rare! I knew when Scott jumped on the blue cushions, after their skate, that he knew they had won Gold!
This was Iain's and my OLYMPIC MOMENT which was made only more special by the text Alma sent me after their skate - 'I'm so glad you were here to share this with us'! I was also able to share the magical moment with my kids, my Mom and brothers,who are also very close to the family, as we texted back and forth! What did we ever do before cell phones??!!
After lots of hugs and tears, in the concourse afterwards, the family was whisked away to CTV for their interviews and then on to a Skate Canada reception. We have not seen Scott yet, or his Gold Medal but hope this happens before we leave.
Iain and I celebrated solo at another great restaurant, 'The Cactus Cafe' and toasted the Gold Medal Couple many times with more good red wine,(seems to also be a recurring theme) as we watched the repeated TV converage over and over again!
BTW, did anyone notice the cool 'Canada' glasses Scott's brother Danny was wearing? I guess they were all over the TV. Iain and I gave a few pairs of those to the family.