We got one last major dump of snow on the same day and evening as my final birthday dinner, and this time it was proper snow that was wet enough to stick together. And so, after Lillian was safely at preschool, Thomas and I donned our heaviest winter clothing and ventured out into the elements, making our way to the GG’s park. We did two cool things. First, Thomas and I played hide and seek among the trees. Nothing new there, except that I had shown Tom how to follow my tracks in the fresh snow. And the second cool thing was to build Tom’s very 1st proper snowman. And here is a 'work in progress' picture...
Dinner was lovely. Jane lined up some Aussie expats and we all went to Sweetgrass, which specializes in modern, native Canadian food. Things like elk, bison, native greens, herbs and spices. It was yummy!
And on the final night of the FoJ, Jane and I watched the gold medal men’s hockey match between the USA and Canada. It was a seriously good game with lots of motivation on both sides of the ice. The USA had come to the Olympics rated 6th and were chasing a fairly tale ending. They had also trounced the Canadians when they met earlier in the competition. Meanwhile, the Canadians are very invested in hockey as part of their national identity, and had been trounced by the USA when they met earlier in the competition.
Canada were leading 2-1 when, in the final 2 minutes of play, the USA went for broke by pulling their goalie off the ice to give them an extra attacker. With just 24 seconds to play it paid off when they scored to tie the match and send the game into a period of 4 on 4 sudden death overtime. Both sides took some close shots, but Canada scored first. The crowd, by which I mean the entire country, went wild. I understand that there were riot police on standby across Vancouver in case things had gone the other way.
Nice Snowman! He has attitude.
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