MUNGO EATS Latin America

Busy days…busy days.  Sorry for the wait, folks.  Here goes the next post.  It is Sunday morning and it is cold out.  There is snow blowing and the wind is giving the city quite a wind chill.  It is just the type of day that makes you want to hole up inside, light a fire and read the day away.  I am not sure if that will be happening or not though.  Currently we are in a holding pattern. 

There is a biathlon race scheduled in Canmore, and Sean is registered to race.  Sean’s age group shoots with air rifles, and the air rifles will not function properly when it is -15 C or colder.  Currently in Canmore, it is -15C.  So we are waiting to see if they cancel the race or not.  We do not have to be there until noon, so conceivably we could leave Calgary as late as 11 am.  I don’t know how the roads are, but it certainly is not the type of day that you want to just go for a drive and wait to see what shakes out for the race.  If the race is canceled, I am not going anywhere. 

I am not sure if I want the race to be canceled or not.  It would be nice to stay indoors, but Sean raced yesterday as well, and he came in second…again.  The reason he came in second yesterday, was because he did not shoot clean.  He missed two shots.  The fellow that won first was a teammate of his.  He is not as fast a skier as Sean, but he shot clean and this was enough to secure him a gold.   If the race goes today, it would be a pursuit race.  The gold medal winner starts the race first and 5 seconds later, the second place finisher starts, followed 5 seconds later by the third place finisher, etc.  Everyone tries to chase down the leader (hence the pursuit name).  It is an exciting race to watch, because you can always tell who is in what finish position.  The first person to cross the line is the winner.  Since Sean and his teammate are pretty evenly matched, it could make for an exciting race. 

In any case, here we sit, waiting for news to plan our day by.  I think I will have another cup of coffee.

Day 66:  I am thankful for a warm home and a second cup of coffee.