Olympic Torch Relay Day in Devon!

What an exciting day it's been so far. The Olympic Torch made it's way through our town this am. The kids went with their schools to line the streets so Mark and I headed downtown to see the action. It was hard to get any real good shots as there were so many people, someone always getting in the way and everything happened so fast!
Anyway, this was the excitement of the morning. It started at 8:35am and was still kinda dark out at that time.

Here comes the delegation:



Hello, Vancouver people!



This was the bus that carried all the Olympic Torchbearers. They were pretty excited in there!


Coke truck! Everyone likes to see the Coke Truck.




The guy announcing from the RBC truck was VERY happy to see us this morning. He shouted out, "GOOD MORNING DEVON, ONTARIO!!!"
uhh... we're in Alberta, buddy.


Can you see the flame waaaay down there? The bus dropped the first guy off at the start of the route and we could see them light his torch.


Here he comes!


Buddy to the right kept getting in my shot. This was the best I got:


After they went by us the first time, we walked 2 blocks over to see them coming back around the loop. Second pass:




Devon, ALBERTA. He got it right this time!




Superfan:


Last torchbearer:




Fun stuff! That was pretty exciting. I got to see the torch go through Lethbridge when the Olympics was in Calgary in '88. That was 22 years ago! Wonder when the next time Canada will get to host the Olympics? In another 22 years? I'm glad my kids got to see it today, it could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.