I'm gettin' old and lazy. This is the first adbf where i totally skipped out on day1. oh well. I didn't even come for the AM of day2.
Parts 1 and 2 of 3:
http://www.bcphotoforum.com/tempest/062208_rtadbf_D300_1/http://www.bcphotoforum.com/tempest/062208_rtadbf_D300_2/(pt3 is just a bunch of photos from my backup camera so don't hold your breathe.)
some of my favs from pt1:

The flowers.

The Ben.

That is some serious red hair dye and a seriously cool green make-up job.

Hurray for Canadian broadcasting!!

Thumbs up to these folks from the air travel industry, living on the edge with super white uniforms in the super brown creek.

"Mush monkeys, mush!!"
some of my favs from pt2:

It's so excitingly close when you can see 5 and a half steersman in a tight shot like this. . . they must've been tempted to throw a little something at their neighbor, come on.

I bet he'd have no problems eating a Vera's in 2 bites.

"hee hee, i love brown wake, and loud screaming from the steers"
That was pretty sweet. I'm both impressed and disappointed there were no collisions at the finish.

Whoah ... even closer.

ewwww . . . so brown . . .