Year: 2006

Back again, and it was DEEP!!!

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First off, let me say congrats to Team Canada for winning the gold at hte World Junior Hockey Championships. For a team that wasn’t supposed to make the medal round they did pretty good. Bummer that team USA folded so badly. That Czech game seemed to take a lot out of them. Too bad, I was looking forward to the final with all North America. It would have been a lot closer than the savaging that our boys laid out to the Russians. Good players, but lousy team.

For the Dirty South respondent, don’t be so down on yourself. Stand proud. You should never have to feel ashamed of who you are. Unless you hold your sign upside down……

Anyway, on to the ski trip. First up was Silver Star. A friend of ours who works there hooked us up with a great package for a couple of days, and wouldn’t ya know it? It snowed.

Buckets.

The cool thing about these shots is that they were taken after lunch. It was like we had VIP runs or something. Tons of snow, no lines, great terrain.

Seriously check it out. The hot apres ski spot would have to be Long John’s Pub. Mandatory sing-a-longs on powder days. Seriously, check it out.

Hockey Night in Canada

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The World Junior Hockey Championships are in Vancouver right now, and we got free tickets to the quarter finals. Team USA vs. the Czech Republic.

SCORE!!!

You actually get a better idea of how good our seats were by clicking on the picture.

Row 6, sweet eh?

Now, before my American friends get all upset about the following images….I gotta make a couple of points. First off, it’s hockey, the unofficial national sport of Canada. No prisoners my friends. Also, there is a certain percentage of Americans who really bring it on themselves. To wit…..

Um….yeah. Allow us to retort….

Mostly due to Jack Johnson’s cheap shot the other night vs Team Canada (if you don’t know, then you won’t care).

Anyway, it was an awesome first period, and the whole game was pretty good except for the Czechs continual sucking at one-timers on the power play. Even though they out played the US, they lost 2-1. The US goalie (a Vancouver Canuck draftee, no less) really saved this one for the yanks.

Here’s to the USA and Canada in the final. It’ll be a good ‘un.

First Ride of the Year

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Well, I managed to get up this afternoon for a little spin. P-Dub, Kelly, and our old buddy Skip joined in for a New Years Day romp on Seymour. Skip recently emigrated to Canada (well, he’s here for a year of school as of last night, and he could be convinced to marry a local and settle down).


Kelly has already settled down some. No fear here….


P-Dub always looks shit-scared to me.


…and Skip.