Olympic Torch Relay
Feb. 9th, 2010 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
uftakiSo... today the Torch is running through New Westminster, and since one leg of the route is fairly close to where I am, we went off to go see the Torch come through! :3 It was fun. Awesome to see, of course. What was (somewhat) surprising is how FAST it passes by! The guy was jogging at a pretty good clip. I took a few photos, then jogged after him a short ways, to where the next trade-off was, and took a few more photos.
The corner of 6th and 8th, with people starting to gather:
There were a couple police cars driving about... motorcycles actually blocked off the route for the FEW moments the runners went past (even then, a car or two managed to slip through somehow -- boo. D:). They didn't actually block off the streets for long at all, and all too shortly after the run, things were back to normal:
One of the Torch Relay cars/vans:
One of the vans carrying the runners:
They had this little "parade"-like thing going on just in front of the relay runners, of some of the sponsors, with music and people dancing. We ended up being on the "French Side" for the Coke Vans. :/ Ah well -- it was still quite neat. :3
And finally... THERE WAS THE TORCH!! :D One of the trade-off spots was just ahead of where we were -- you can see the two torches roughly about the middle of the picture here (to the left of the bus pole):
A large trailer/van of the Torch Relay, leading the way:
Then the guy turned the corner, and jogged down the street we were waiting on. It was a thrill to see it go past. Quickly, too. xD *lol* After about two pics I quickly snapped, I jogged after him myself, ducking under a few others' cameras, still watching the torch, too, then went behind the group to run ahead a bit more. I was still behind the torch the whole way -- he was jogging at a good clip! *lol*
A little ways ahead -- not far at all, really -- was the next trade-off spot. I arrived to take the photo just after the flame had been passed on. You can see the one torch, still lit, around the right of the photo, and the new runner, with their newly-lit torch running off towards the left amidst the crowd:
Then, another van pulled up, to collect the Torch Relay jogger. :3 On the side of the van, there's an image of Quatchi, about to pass the flame on to Miga... and Muk Muk waving away from the back window. ^__~
The corner of 6th and 8th, with people starting to gather:
There were a couple police cars driving about... motorcycles actually blocked off the route for the FEW moments the runners went past (even then, a car or two managed to slip through somehow -- boo. D:). They didn't actually block off the streets for long at all, and all too shortly after the run, things were back to normal:
One of the Torch Relay cars/vans:
One of the vans carrying the runners:
They had this little "parade"-like thing going on just in front of the relay runners, of some of the sponsors, with music and people dancing. We ended up being on the "French Side" for the Coke Vans. :/ Ah well -- it was still quite neat. :3
And finally... THERE WAS THE TORCH!! :D One of the trade-off spots was just ahead of where we were -- you can see the two torches roughly about the middle of the picture here (to the left of the bus pole):
A large trailer/van of the Torch Relay, leading the way:
Then the guy turned the corner, and jogged down the street we were waiting on. It was a thrill to see it go past. Quickly, too. xD *lol* After about two pics I quickly snapped, I jogged after him myself, ducking under a few others' cameras, still watching the torch, too, then went behind the group to run ahead a bit more. I was still behind the torch the whole way -- he was jogging at a good clip! *lol*
A little ways ahead -- not far at all, really -- was the next trade-off spot. I arrived to take the photo just after the flame had been passed on. You can see the one torch, still lit, around the right of the photo, and the new runner, with their newly-lit torch running off towards the left amidst the crowd:
Then, another van pulled up, to collect the Torch Relay jogger. :3 On the side of the van, there's an image of Quatchi, about to pass the flame on to Miga... and Muk Muk waving away from the back window. ^__~
