Ohhhhh Canada!

Hi All,

Sorry I've not yet blog'd, I keep getting kicked off for some reason ???

Well, we made it up here in a deathmarch like 13 hrs & change.
I'd like to thank Mother Nature, Canadian border security & Ontario's finest plow crew for helping us achieve such a long day on the road! We really could not have done it without your help!

Upon crossing into our Northern neighbor we were quite perplexed to find the 24 hr a day 7 day a week money exchange inexplicably CLOSED! As a result we had no Canadian money and were forced to try and use US currency until about mid day today!(As a sidebar, apparently banks & credit card companies assume any US cards used in Canada must be stolen & freeze the account just for good measure...) We've got it all sorted out & hopefully paying for the rest of our stay will go smoother!
(PS: TDbanknorth is the life saving exception!)

ON TO THE RACING!!!
I don't have results as they were not out yet when I left the area, but I'll be pretty close.

Jim "Hyimmy" Ryan laid down a stellar 1st and strong 2nd run to tie for 7th or 8th place!
Tim Spangler SLAID 1st run for 11th & had a strong 2nd to end up somewhere between 11 & 18!
(REALLY NICE JOB TIM, it was GREAT skiing!!!)

Danny Moore had a greta 1st run finishing 18th! 2nd run he took it a little deep on the steeps and ended up not finishing. Great skiing though, let's wait for tomorrow!

Robby V & Chad "Mr. Happy" Naro both had issues with the same gate 1st run but recovered and finished. Both started 2nd from further back (WAY back for Chad) & laid down 2nd runs that were consistent with guys who ended in the top 10-15!!! 2 of those tomorrow & we'll all be smiling!

Our MMSC Stowe-away (Andrew Keating) got a little wild 1st run after lett'n er go a touch early @ the bottom 1st run, but like the other 2 threw down a 2nd run time in the top group!

All for now, the guys are tuning & it's 25 cent chicken wing night at the local restaurant.

I'll try and update tomorrow about same time.
-Mike