Bobsled Ride at Olympic Park

Wow! You think your speeding down the track so fast -- and then, you're going even faster!!! When you go around the turns you are pulling 5 G's! It is quite intense! I rode the 2nd position which is the easiest. Bill was next in the third seat with a wonderfully nice Aussie gentleman riding shotgun--- the most intense seat of all!!!

This is the actual Olympic track. They are still using it for training! Last week they had trials for World Cup with teams in from all over the world doing time trials. It lasts ( for us amateurs) about 50 seconds and you hit speeds of 80 mph! They give you instructions to hunch your shoulders ( do a turtle with your neck and shoulders) so you don't "bobble head"! Once the sled starts you can't move the G's are too intense. You brace yourself with your forearms against the side of the sled while holding on to a cable for dear life! It's a lot of fun, but you need to follow instructions, sit up super straight ( so its not so hard on your spine) and do the "turtle" with your neck and shoulders. You may be a little sore afterwards, but you can say you did the Olympic Bobsled run and that's a feat!! We continue to get a lot of snow today-- probably about 6" at our hotel! The Christmas lights in this resort town are some kind of spectacular!!