This blog began as a way to record my musings about preparations and travels to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada February 16-27, 2010. From that amazing experience came this ongoing story of becoming a sports fan. You can follow my tales of awe, agony, and all the emotions in between as well as view pics from seasons of Phillies baseball. Along the way is a little Eagles football thrown in for fun, and even some astronomy and weather related tales. I feel lucky to have witnessed some historic games, some heartbreaking losses, but all wonderful when told from this new fan's point of view.

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Dec 2009-Feb 2010 Olympics
March 2010-Dec 2011 Baseball and more
2011 The Phillies do again, winning the Eastern Championship for the 5th straight year.
April 2012-Sept 27 2012 Not the best season for the Phillies
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Showing posts with label Olympic mascots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympic mascots. Show all posts

Friday, February 26, 2010

Miga and Quatchi Olympic Mascots (pic)

Sitting in the cold Cypress Mountain air (okay, cold is an understatement. It was freezing), there was a lot of time to kibbutz, especially when one skier wiped out and had to be carried off on a stretcher, postponing the next run for 10 minutes.

At that point, I learned about the Olympic mascots. All the adults agreed that we were not initially impressed with them, but that they had grown on us over time. Part of that is seeing how much the children LOVE them, just love them to pieces. Any time there was a mascot at the event, there were also long lines to take pictures.
So, I succombed!
Quatchi is a Sasquatch, and Miga is a whale (huh?). There is another mascot Sumi, a mythical spirit bear, and a sidekick MukMuk, a muscrat. All very Canadian, eh?
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