Art with @raincoaster & @johnchow

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to have two prominent Vancouver bloggers in the Silverado for a ride on the torch relay: Lorraine (Raincoaster) and John Chow. My colleague Michael filming from the back seat, and we all had a great time!

The torch made its way through Deep Cove in North Vancouver. At first, the crowd was a little thin. We wondered where all the people were. We realized they had all gathered in the town village where there must have been at least five thousand people. They were cheering, screaming and waving flags. The video below will help give you a sense of what is was like:

As you can imagine, the best routes on the relay are ones with schools. Every student in Deep Cove got to play hooky to watch the torch come through town. They were lined up in a row, creating a never-ending cheering section:

For Lorraine’s take on our adventures yesterday, you can read her post about how seeing the thousands of cheering faces brought out the positive side of the Olympics for her. John Chow also has a blog post with lots of excellent video.

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