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Day 1: Getting to Vancouver

This was travel day to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics. It started, of all places, in Florida.

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I left from this scene in Key Biscayne.

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Flew through Dallas-Ft. Worth.

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Thank you God: no line at immigration in Vancouver.

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Holy kaw! GM Canada sent a car to pick me up! This is Lisa Calvi of Adventuredrive. GM didn’t just send “a driver.” He was Garry Sowerby, the “Indiana Jones of driving.” He holds a few world records for doing things like driving from the bottom of Africa to the top of Europe.

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And it wasn’t any car. It was a hydrogen-powered car!

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There was no traffic getting to downtown Vancouver.

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This is the first time I’ve ever ridden in a hydrogen car. Very quiet. Very cool.

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This collection of goodies was waiting for me in the room from my buddies at the British Columbia Ministry of Small Business, Technology, and Economic Development who run the InvestBC website.

All I can say is that if Sarah Palin becomes president of the United States, I’m going to move to Vancouver to be my with my buddies here. Going to Canada versus Norway and Russia versus Latvia tomorrow.

Total Winter Olympics coverage.


Comments (22)

Feb 15, 2010
jfavreau said...
Have fun! I bet Canada and Russia are going to win by a ton!
Feb 15, 2010
flysumd34 said...
Have fun on your trip and I like the car as well.
Feb 16, 2010
tkoc said...
OK everybody, lets tip the results. CND-NRW 4-2, RUS-LTV 5-1
Feb 16, 2010
Steve G said...
enjoy the sights of Western Canada!
Canada vs. Norway tonight.. go canada go!
Feb 16, 2010
Thank you for sharing the details.
Feb 16, 2010
Welcome to Vancouver, Guy! Enjoy your stay in our beautiful city!
Feb 16, 2010
S Emerson said...
Welcome to Vancouver Guy! It's supposed to be nice for the next few days so get out and enjoy our beautiful city! Check out Chinatown. We have the second largest Chinese community outside Mainland China.
Feb 16, 2010
Deanne said...
Have fun in Vancity! The weather is spring like:)
Feb 16, 2010
Andre Morneau said...
Will be fun...but best game of all time? Just read "Art of Start". Impressed and impressed.
Feb 16, 2010
David in Lubbock said...
Scared of Palin? I'd be more scared of the GM Hindenburg.
Feb 16, 2010
Tris Hussey said...
Welcome to Vancouver Guy! I'm sure that you'll have a great time. Should we get you a Team Canada Hockey jersey just in case you want to switch sides now? :D.
Feb 16, 2010
Darren said...
Given that Team Canada has an all-Sharks line, you'll be cheering for my nation during the Olympics?
Feb 16, 2010
raincoaster said...
And dude, you've gotta try Japadog while you're here. Japanese hotdogs, born and raised in Vangroover. Wicked good.
Feb 17, 2010
Curt said...
LMAO at the final paragraph!
Feb 17, 2010
Piyush said...
wow , what a car ! Zero emission .
Feb 19, 2010
SouthernGent63 said...
Geez, you sound like Alec Baldwin a few years back.
Feb 22, 2010
Rob said...
Welcome to our beautyful city! Hope you're enjoying the Vancouver 2010 SPRING Olympics! I'll try to spot you on Robson St.
Feb 26, 2010
Mark Ballard said...
Did you see Ted Leonsis there. He's always lurking around hockey games.
Feb 27, 2010
UWAFT said...
We at the University of Waterloo( Ontario, Canada ) are building a hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicle sponsored by GM and DOE just like the one you drove.
Mar 02, 2010
Brian Read said...
where are your pins for trading at the Olympics? Also what happened to Garage Canada was Tom Sweeney with you there? how can I get in contact with Tom? Hope you enjoyed the Olympics. I had a great time.
Mar 07, 2010
devang said...
hi i liked most of ur picture and even i like photography a lot
Mar 16, 2010
Andrew said...
The world continues to change as technology becomes part of environment. I am looking forward to getting one!!!

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