Weather update: Fog in the morning, mostly sunny and warm +10C this afternoon. No snow, lots of tops down.)
Vancouver is in a jewel of a setting with mountains in the background and waterways bordering the neighbourhoods. False Creek is really a bay mostly filled with pleasure craft and their marinas. T'sawwassen is an open port and large ferry terminal to the south of town. But Burrard Inlet is the main access to and from the Pacific Ocean, and it is a very busy working harbour. What part will you see on TV?
For instance, wouldn't it be spectacular if the barge carrying the 40-feet high Olympic rings would float around the harbour ---- like those memorable and colourful fish that floated around Sydney harbour in the summer games of 2000? So far, they have remained at anchor. Can they be a hazard to the floatplanes that land and takeoff every half-hour?
And watch for the yellow conical piles of sulfur in the background of your TV views during the Games. The networks might try to minimize them. Why not call them the Party Hats!?
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