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The Big Question on Day #9/42 is this – What do Taylor Swift, Cirque du Soleil and the Vancouver Canucks have in common ? Tonight they will all be performing in Downtown Vancouver, BC

Taylor Swift is in the City with her Era’s tour starting tonight and just a few blocks away the National Hockey 🏒 League will be hosting a game between the Canucks and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The greater Vancouver area has a population of right around 3 Million people nowadays and that number will grow this weekend.

Realizing that the Daily Double was taking place on Friday, Lin and I moved up our Hanging in the Big City by one day. Whistler sits two hours North of Vancouver BC atop the Sea to Sky Highway. When we are up here we chose 1 day to take a Charter Bus 🚌 down.

The large building with the white roof on the right is BC Place. The Canadian Football League’s BC Lions call it home and it holds just over 50,000.

Been fortunate to have attended many a sporting event in both of those venues over the years and I’m sure Downtown will be quite the place later tonight !

Here a few of the sights from yesterday…

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The photo 📷 with the 12 plaques is showing that the YVR Airport was named the Top Airport in North America for 12 straight years !

Charter Bus, Sky Train 🚆 and Sea Bus (Vancouver to North Vancouver and back ) were the modes of public transportation involved on the way to racking up 22K steps 🚶‍♂️.

Our time here is running out as we head down to the United States 🇺🇸 on Saturday. Canada 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🍁 is a special, special place for us and its been Awesome to get back to British Columbia!

West Virginia Tech University Golden Bears 🐻 Baseball ⚾️ Schedule 📅 as of today !

DATEDAYOPPONENTLOCATIONTIMEGAMES
02/7/25FridayMilligan Univ.(TN)Milligan, TN11am1×7
02/7/25FridayIndiana Wesleyan Milligan, TN2pm1×7
02/8/25SaturdayIndiana WesleyanKingsport, TN11am1×7
02/8/25SaturdayCumberland Univ. (KY)Kingsport, TN5pm1×7
02/15/25SaturdayLourdes Univ. (OH)Epling Stadium12noon1×9 1×7
02/16/25SundayLourdes Univ. (OH)Epling Stadium12noon1×7 1×9
02/18/25TuesdayKentucky Christian Epling Stadium12noon1×9
02/21/25FridayPoint Park (PA)                                               Epling Stadium11am1×7
02/22/25SaturdayBluefield State (WV)Epling Stadium2pm1×7
02/23/25SundayPoint Park (PA)Epling Stadium11am1×7
02/23/25SundayBluefield State (WV)Epling Stadium2pm1×7
02/25/25TuesdayBluefield State (WV)Bluefield, WV1pm1×9
02/28/25FridayMidway Univ. (KY)Midway, KY3pm.1×9
03/1/25SaturdayMidway Univ. (KY)Midway, KY12noon1×9 1×7
03/4/25TuesdayBluefield State (WV)Epling Stadium1pm1×9
03/7/25FridayIUPUC (IN)Epling Stadium1pm1×9
03/8/25SaturdayIUPUC (IN)Epling Stadium12noon1×9 1×7
03/11/25TuesdayBluefield Univ. (VA)Bluefield, VA3pm1×9
03/14/25FridayRio Grande (OH)Rio Grande, OH3pm1×9
03/15/25SaturdayRio Grande (OH)Rio Grande, OH1pm1×9 1×7
03/18/25TuesdayDavis & Elkins (WV)Epling Stadium12noon1×9
03/21/25FridayIU Kokomo (IN)Kokomo, IN12noon1×9
03/22/25SaturdayIU Kokomo (IN)Kokomo, IN12noon.1×9 1×7
03/25/25TuesdayMilligan Univ. (TN) Epling Stadium1pm1×9
03/28/25FridayShawnee State (OH)Epling Stadium3pm1×9
03/29/25SaturdayShawnee State (OH)Epling Stadium1pm1×9 1×7
04/01/25TuesdayDavis & Elkins (WV)Elkins, WV3pm1×9
04/04/25FridayOakland City (IN)Epling Stadium3pm1×9
04/05/25SaturdayOakland City (IN)Epling Stadium12noon1×9 1×7
04/08/25TuesdayWV WesleyanCharleston, WV3pm1×9
04/11/25FridayGA Gwinnett (GA)Epling Stadium4pm1×9
04/12/25SaturdayGA Gwinnett (GA)Epling Stadium2pm1×7
04/12/25SaturdayFisher College (MA)Epling Stadium5pm1×7
04/13/25SundayFisher College (MA)Epling Stadium12noon2×7
04/15/25TuesdayKentucky ChristianGrayson, KY1pm1×9
04/18/25FridayBrescia (KY)Owensboro, KY3pm1×9
04/19/25SaturdayBrescia (KY)Owensboro, KY12noon1×9 1×7
04/22/25TuesdayBluefield Univ. (VA)Bluefield, VA3pm1×9
04/25/25FridayIU Southeast (IN)Epling Stadium3pm1×9
04/26/25SaturdayIU Southeast (IN) Senior DayEpling Stadium12noon1×9 1×7
TBATBARiver States Conf Tourn.Chillicothe, OHTBATBA
May 12-15, 2025 NAIA Regional Tourn.TBATBA
May 23-30, 2025NAIA World SeriesLewiston, IDTBA

*Bold Denotes Conference Game

February 7th will be here before you know it !

Closing in on 20 years together !

Welcome 🙏 to Day #8/42 with the first piece of business being to have a moment of Silence for ACC Men’s Basketball 🏀 and CCHS Girls 👧 return to the Court…

There was a time not that long ago where the Atlantic Coast Conference sat high atop the World of College Basketball. The past two days showed just how much the landscape has change as the SEC defeated the ACC 14-2 in a showdown where the only victories were upsets of previously undefeated Top Five teams.

Day 1 had Clemson hand the #4 Kentucky Wildcats their first loss. Day 2 provided only one victory as well with #9 Duke defeating #2 Auburn. Both of those wins were marquee type wins but the remaining 14 games in the made for TV 📺 match up were not much fun.

#18 Pitt lost by 33 points at unranked Mississippi Stare.

#20 UNC fell at home 🏡 to #10 Alabama by 15.

Virginia Tech lost at 🏡 by 16 to Vanderbilt.

Virginia lost by 18 against a ranked Florida team.

The list goes on and on with only North Carolina State having a chance in the closing minutes. The 🐺pack fell 63-59 versus Texas.

It was a rough experience for the league as a whole, maybe comparable to thinking finances were tight just ahead of balancing your checkbook and having to face actuality. I thought we would struggle in this pairing for sure but I certainly didn’t think we would be edged out by a final tally of 14-2. Miami and California joined 🐺 as teams that fell in just single digits.

In the background I can here Bruce singing about ” Glory Days “

Back 🏡 the Carroll County High School 🏫 Girls 👧 Basketball 🏀 teams return to action starting at 5:30. Both teams will be looking to bounce back from opening night setbacks versus Pulaski County.

Tonight the Lady 👩 Cavaliers host Martinsville…

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On a personal note 📝, Week #1 closed out on a very Healthy Effort !