It's a small small world

The most amazing thing happened today. You never think when you travel half the way around the world you will run into somebody from your back yard - but we did. Today we made it all the way up to the mountain, and right before we were going to go into the gates to Aerials there was a little bar. Since we were early we decided to go into the bar, rather than sit in the cold. The bar was really crowded, but Toby found a place to sit next to three guys that were obviously Americans. I walked in and asked them where they were from. One of them said Spokane, Washington. I thought Toby had already been talking to them, and that they were pulling my leg. I said "Get outta here!" And the guy looked really surprized. He said "What do you mean?" Turns out, sure enough he and one of the other guys were from Spokane. So tomorrow you'll see photos on the blog of Tim Durkin, Paul Kirkpatrick, and Jeff Baeth. Tim and Paul are both from Spokane, and Tim is almost our neighbor. Tim is married to a former figure skater, and a great golfer - Lissette Carter. Jeff is from the Bay area, and when he found out we work with Figure Skating he asked if we knew Ron Hershberger. (See photo of Ron a few entries below.) Jeff's ex-wife used to work with Ron at a law firm in the Bay area. We just laughed and laughed. It's may be no big deal when you're from L.A. or New York, but when you're from Spokane, and you run into people from your home town, it's pretty amazing!