That Was a Nail Biter!

…especially when you’re thousands of miles away and the wireless won’t stream the game!

and you really, really, want to know what’s going on back home with the Olympic Gold medal hockey game in Vancouver…Canada vs US.  (That’s Bob above, trying to connect our computer to something…anything…video or radio…that we could download and listen to the game, but nothing worked).

So we followed the updates on the computer…but it wasn’t updating fast enough.  What’s a Canadian in Boca del Tora (a Panamanian island in the Carribean) to do? 

I emailed my daughter Meghan with the hope that she’d get it on her blackberry.  I knew she’d be watching the game somewhere.  She picked up the email and we then got a goal-by-goal update via email until Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal in overtime! Woo Hoo!

What a nail biter that was!  Even sitting thousands of miles away, we felt connected to Canada and did our own little happy dance on the patio of our temporary “home” on Boca.  I’m not a huge hockey fan (I watch the playoffs) but I’m a huge fan of Canada and winning this was really important on our home turf.  We Canadians are not big on tooting our own horns but from what I hear, the horns were blaring loudly yesterday. We missed all the Olympic celebrations while we were away…choosing sunshine instead, but it sounds like it was a huge success and everyone had a lot of fun.

(Our son-in-law is an American living in Canada, so for him this game was win-win…no matter who had won, he would have been happy!)

Olympic sized blessings to all,

Comments

[charlane]

it was a great game...though I wanted a different outcome, I'm glad it was a great olympics

[Serena]

I never watched the game or the Olympics for that matter but I have heard the updates. Well done to the Canadian hockey team!

[Gail]

It seems to me that Canada SHOULD win the hockey games:) Glad your team won!

[martie]

Oh what a wonderful place - certainly a slice of heaven on earth! I love seeing places through your eyes Kate! The Molas are beautiful and perhaps more so now that I know a bit about how they are created - truly little works of art! The film was great too - I just love the sound of rain so this was a treat for me sitting here in the desert.

I have missed our little "chats" but I've been able to see your world through your blog. enjoy those warm, sunny days!!