Today is our final "rest" day. I don't think there's really been any rest yet. That's for the weak! Today we did a quick drive through Stanley Park and then headed to Squamish for the day.

In Squamish we checked out Shannon Falls which is pretty nice. It was kinda funny when someone offered to take a picture of Chloe and I, and ended up on his back in the dirt trying to take it, it was all I could do not to laugh... but thanks for the picture!

Next I decided we were going to hike around to check out the bouldering! Woo Hoo! Too bad I didn't have my shoes - it was also a bit wet.

Managed to find several boulders, some looked awesome, some not so much. I don't know the areas we walked through, or if/where the other areas were. I wasn't really that impressed with what I saw, so there must be a lot more elsewhere. None the less it was great fun. We also spotted a few climbers up on the big wall, about half way up. They later retreaded back down when the rain started.

After lunch and stop at the big Squamish logger, we took a hike up some trails that passed some smaller sport climbing areas. A lot of easier stuff, but it looked fun. We ended on the top with a great view of Squamish below. By now it was just starting to rain hard, so back to the car and back to Vancouver we went.

Megan was home for the evening after volunteering in Whistler. It was great to finally see her and get to chat. We all went out for dinner and a fun time.

Today was the first day we really didn't need to be up early to catch a bus to our event. However, we were up early anyway as Chloe wanted to goto the Olympic Superstore (aka The Bay). All week we've walked by and the line was blocks long. It was no different at 8am when we showed up. Ugh. I really didn't want to wait in a line to go shopping, I do everything online!

The store hadn't opened yet, so I said we'd wait to see how fast things will move since the place is empty right now. When they finally opened things moved really fast, I think we waited less than an hour. A wait record. lol.

Anyway, once inside I was surprised at how big the Olympic selection was. It was impressive. However, I knew this meant it was going to take Chloe much longer to get through. Ugh. I did my usual run through, and was surprised how many great items there were. I wanted about 6 different jackets or shirts. In the end I settled on one nice track/spring jacket and a few items for the family. An hour or so later Chloe was finally done and we were out of there.

Shortly after lunch we headed out to catch our bus at Lonsdale Quay. We were a bit early as it didn't take as long to get there as we had planned for, people traffic was a lot less than expected. Anyway, they let us on the next bus - we were off to Cypress for the Men's Aerials Qualification.

It's a short bus ride, only 30 min. However, as we got off the bus we were now at the back of the biggest event line up we've seen so far. Actually, we've never really been stuck in any event line up until now, and we were 3 hours early! It took about 45 min to an hour to finally get up to security. Once through we headed for the stands and our seats, the only time we were to get official seats.

They turned out to be pretty good seats, but in the end I would have rather been standing. They were cramped aluminum benches, with knees in your back and no leg room. I was in pain after about 2 hours, it really wasn't fun.

I fought my way through it and enjoyed the aerials. Those guys are crazy. Jumping 50 feet high and doing 3-4 flips with another 3-4 spins, it's crazy. Very impressive. Even though we were early there was lots to see. The men had warm up jumping the entire time, slowly working up to the big jumps. Apparently, they must do so otherwise they are not allowed to compete. You must also have a license of sorts to compete. Interesting, but kind of makes sense, you could get hurt pretty damn easily.

We did see a few spills, but nothing major, thankfully. In the end it was pretty exciting to watch, but I could see it getting boring as everyone pretty much does the same thing, and even if it was different, the average joe would never know - they spin so damn fast!

Getting out of there was total chaos. 12 thousand people trying to fill 100s of buses. It took about 40 min to finally get on one. We made it home after a stop for more thai chicken bites. Super fun night. Only one more event to see. Time flies!

Today we decided to head over to Victoria to visit a few great friends. Decided to sleep in just a little bit, and catch the 11 am ferry. Another beautiful sunny day awaited us. The 1.5hr ferry ride over we sat out on the deck in the sun. It was so nice. Until someone walked past us... they did a double take which is why I noticed... it was the annoying people from yesterday! I just laughed.

We arrived in Victoria where we found Craig and his new lady friend waiting for us in the parking lot - which was packed. It was nuts, all the lanes between parked cars were filled with cars. It was nuts. Just a short wait though until people started moving. We crammed the four of us into a tiny little truck and headed out for lunch.

Not sure where we ate, but it was a nice patio - yes patio - in downtown Victoria. After a great lunch and catching up we went for a walk around town. Now I've been before, but Chloe never had been. We walked the waterfront and over to Chinatown, down the smallest street and alley ways... where bird on a wire was filmed. Pretty cool. I don't understand how some of these business get business, you'd never find them in these back allies.

After a little walk, we headed over to Dave's, who had joined us on the walk, for a bbq. We got to meet his little guy, who I think out ate us all, and spend some more time talking with friends. But before we knew it it was time to head back to Vancouver. The last crossing was at 9pm and we needed to catch it, and hopefully it wasn't full.

We managed to get home safe just around midnight. Tomorrow our event is in the evening, so no early start.