In the Mix of Vancouver’s Kicks

It is a rare occurrence for one to attend and witness an event that carries the magnitude as awe-inspiring the Olympic Games, but Angela Graves, her husband and her two children, ages 11 and 15, were few of the lucky spectators who were able to make the trip from their home in Renton, Washington to Vancouver to view such an extraordinary display of athletic competition.

It was a late morning start, just about 10 o’clock am, when the Graves family left their home heading north.  Crossing the border was no trouble, no lines and no hold ups kept the small family of four from pushing onward the 153 mile drive to the hosting city of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.  Once arriving in frosty Canada, the family decided to stop and spend the night in a small motel located in the city of White Rock, just across the border and 126 miles from their home town.

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