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Have you seen the logos and branding for the Sochi 2014 Olympics? They were released to the public months ago, but since I'm off in my own little tourist world these days, I'm just now getting around to seeing them.
It's a patchwork quilt theme with 16 different designs representing folkart throughout Russia. I love it! I love all the bright colors and the fun diamond motifs. Read more about it here.
We went to Whitehorse this past weekend for some cat food and a few home repair items. We took a couple friends with us and left early and planned to return early. Hah! The best laid plans....
The day started off with a bang. On the way to Canada, we saw a moose watching us from the side of the road. While we have lots of moose around, they must be shy, because we don't see them very often. So this was a real treat.
On to Whitehorse we went. We ate. We shopped. We headed home.
And this happened:
Yes, that's our radiator cap exploding off into space like he's on some sort of mission. And that's TUCT Tape (not to be confused with DUCT Tape) on the radiator hose, which sprung a leak abut 15 miles earlier in the middle of the Yukon. Thankfully, the 100th car (or so) to go by, stopped and offered us some help. We sacrificed Jared and sent him off with the total stranger to Carcross in search of supplies. He came back an hour later with another total stranger bearing gifts: TUCT tape and a 5-gallon jug of water with a colorful sheen floating on top. I suspect the 5-gallon jug used to hold cooking oil at one time, because once we refilled our radiator and drove off into the wilderness, our engine started emitting a suspicious fried chicken smell.
About 20 miles later, we ran into this:
It actually spreads nicely across the entire highway, which isn't shown in this picture. This time, we left Jared and Brett behind to warn traffic, and Keith and I set off for Canadian Customs to alert them of the rock slide. They gave us orange cones to put on either side, and feeling like our work here was done, once again, set off on the open road. And saw this:
And his friend Blackie:
And just in case you're wondering, no zoom lenses were harmed in the taking of these photos. Jared and Brett, our resident budding photographers, took one for the team and hung out the top of the sunroof while these little guys sniffed around the car. They were so close, we could smell their breath. It wasn't pretty.
*I did not take any of the pictures in this post. Jared did. He doesn't know I'm using them, but he DID post them on Facebook, which pretty much makes them fair game, right? And besides, I was too busy watching his back in the getaway car while he was THIS CLOSE to the bears.
