Yesterday was an exhilarating and exhausting day. Up at 3:30 am in Ontario, to bed at 8:30 in BC. We needed toothpicks to keep our eyes open after training. A long, needed sleep and we are all ready to go check out Vancouver and see if we can catch the torch run.
Steve Scott, Olympic Volunteer since 2008, picked us up yesterday with another Lion's member, Steve Dane, and two vans. They were our Volunteer Ambassadors and chauffeurs for the whole day and we would have never made it through our busy schedule without them! Thank you are not big enough words to give to our two Steve's.
Navigating training was interesting and surprisingly smooth. All of the volunteers are so friendly and excited to help us along on our journey. Even on the bus today, another volunteer helped us plan our transit course and walked us to the Skytrain station, ensuring we reached our destination. The Olympic Volunteer jackets make us stand apart and people were honking, waving and chatting us up on our way in to the city.
We have made it to Granville Island after a bus, Skytrain and streetcar ride. Watching the torch run on the screen while eating lunch, the people around us seem like part of our group and everyone feels like they are all involved in this phenomenal experience. Everyone involved is "special" and holds amazing stories, hurdles they have had to overcome and limits they have pushed to make it to Vancouver and be involved in the 2010 Winter Olympic community, in whatever respect. Our group does not stand apart, in fact, we fit right in. That is Olympic spirit.
