Winter Olimpics 2010

Shaun White is nothing short of amazing on a skate board and even better on a snowboard. So when I heard that he will be competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics I was stoked! Almost immediately I called up my friend Ryan and Cesar and we made plans for our long drive to Vancouver, Canada. While planning our trip we ended up having a problem with transportation. Our problem was that my truck was stacked with miles and wouldn’t make it to Canada, Cesar’s car could fit four, but did not have nearly enough room for the rest of our luggage and Ryan drives a two seater car and I’m not one to share seats. To fix this dilemma, we decided to run down to Avis and rent us a sweet new ride.

We made our way down to Avis and discussed with the sales man what the best type of rental car would be. Since we were going to a world wide event and we were going to be seen by many people around the world we figured that we needed to roll up in style. This being the case we decided to rent us an Infiniti M35. Oh baby this car was sweet. This thing came with a Bose sound system, air bags and would get up and go when you hit the gas. I was excited for our drive up to Canada.
We packed up our bags and put the peddle to the metal as we made our way up to Vancouver. I decided that it made the most sense to make as little stops as possible on the way up there. We did have no stopping in mind, however we did think that it would be fun to stop in New Orleans, Louisiana and see what the new super bowl champ city was like. While driving up to Louisiana I had only one thing in mind, Bourbon Street. We wasted no time and headed straight for the famous street to investigate the cool things that we constantly hear people talk about.

We made our way down Bourbon Street and investigated every little store and shop that caught our wandering eyes and discovered some pretty interesting stores. After a few hours of investigating the scenery we worked up a killer appetite. As my stomach was cursing and growling my eyes found their way to the Hard Rock Café and I immediately knew it was going to be great. We walked in, got a table for three and sat down. I must say that Hard Rock lived up to their well deserved reputation and we enjoyed one of the best meals we have ever had. We paid our dews and walked back out onto the street. It totally slipped our minds that we were in New Orleans right at the time of the Mardi Gras festivals and oh man were we in for a wild night.

I had always heard that you aren’t living until you have experienced one night at Mardi Gras and it was nothing short of a great time. With crazy parties, loud music, beads, women and drinks it was a successful night. With every great thing there always has to be an end and this unfortunately was one of those times as we had to get to bed. With a late night and an early morning we were all running on a few hours of sleep and an excessive amount of Red Bull. I decided that I would drive first and I put the peddle to the metal as we made our way up to Canada. The Mardi Gras event ended up taking up much more time than expected so we were not able to stop at all except for gas and food.

After countless hours of driving, Red Bulls and pee stops we had finally made it to Vancouver and I was psyched to finally get to see some Olympic action. We made it there just in time to see the opening ceremonies and man was it impressive. My favorite part was for sure the gaffe heard ‘round the world. Even though there was a slight mechanical error, I thought it was noting short of amazing. With the opening ceremonies being so great and Shaun White representing the US, I know that this is going to be a great year in the Winter Olympics.