div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/SdU8JoEm2jI/AAAAAAAAAAc/py3X6O7TIZk/s1600-h/100_1841.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/SdU8JoEm2jI/AAAAAAAAAAc/py3X6O7TIZk/s320/100_1841.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320224670881339954″ border=”0″ /Callaghan Valley, Canada/abr //divIt’s spring break and the snow in the Methow has almost come to end. After Junior Olympics I took two weeks completely off. It’s one of the longest and worst times of the year. It’s the time when you’re most pumped up and it’s beautiful outside, but you’re not supposed to train or think about skiing. After those two weeks, I decided to take a trip to Vancouver to ski at the Callaghan Valley 2010 Olympic venue. I’m staying with my friends Jim and Sharon Bishop. I left Mazama on Monday, so my first chance to ski at Callaghan was Tuesday morning. It’s about an hour and a half from the Bishop’s house to Callaghan. It’s quite a hectic drive because the whole road is under construction, getting ready for the Olympics next year. The weather the first day couldn’t have been better. It was sunny with about a half foot of fresh snow. As soon as I got there I was so excited to put my skis on and get going!. I had skied over to the stadium and set some clothes down whenI noticed there was another ski team nearby, so I skied over to check it out. It was the Norwegian National Team! I couldn’t believe it! Right there was Petter Northug, the fastest cross country skier and a personal hero. After stopping to get a couple of pictures I skied off and did the Olympic courses. I spent about an hour skiing around enjoying myself, stopping every couple of minutes to soak in the beautiful views and the perfect trails. I also ran into a couple other famous skiers, including Dario Cologna, the overall World Cup winner this year from Switzerland. With all of these top athletes here and the great conditions, I’m very glad I came. It’s been great to check out the Olympic venue, and the Bishops have been so generous with their hospitality. Sometimes all it takes is to get some skis in to have a great spring break.br /br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/SdU3rC91CvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MmE8ieELgMM/s1600-h/100_1811.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 428px; height: 321px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/SdU3rC91CvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MmE8ieELgMM/s320/100_1811.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320219747478211314″ border=”0″ //aThe view from the parking lot.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/SdU54m7CdCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/U0XKok5w9Ac/s1600-h/100_1812.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/SdU54m7CdCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/U0XKok5w9Ac/s320/100_1812.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320222179491738658″ border=”0″ //aThe Lodge.a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/SdU9DdkFupI/AAAAAAAAAAk/lmc7ZTNQ9Xw/s1600-h/m1F18.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 320px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/SdU9DdkFupI/AAAAAAAAAAk/lmc7ZTNQ9Xw/s320/m1F18.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320225664493009554″ border=”0″ //aPetter Northugbr //divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2910103639238326543-2201700426430430682?l=methowolympicdevelopment.blogspot.com’//div
