#4 and #5 Attend Summer & Winter Olympics
I might have to rethink doing this again, at least the Winter Olympics (Sochi, Russia in 2014? Not thrilling me) Summer Olympics in London 2012 sounds better, but probably impractical.
Big A worked at the Salt Lake Olympics back in 2002, and we all went and visited him during President's Day weekend. Downtown Provo housed the ice sculpture competitions, which were surprisingly fun.
A bus to Soldier Hollow in Heber City released us out in the middle of nowhere to watch the Biathalon... yes, that whole cross-country shooting thing :) We actually stood close enough to the competitors that we could see the frozen body fluids dripping on their faces.
Then back to The Peaks Ice Arena in Provo to buy tickets in the parking lot for ice hockey (I'm sure it was legal).
During 1984, I was lucky enough to have a friend, Lisa, whose dad was a cameraman for ABC. He got us some tickets for the diving competitions at USC during the L. A. Olympics.
I always thought that since it was the preliminaries, that's why it was outside... come to find out... It's California! We don't need no stinkin' indoor pools! Thanks, Wikipedia!
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