GRT Olympic Team Blog

Well I’ve been negligent in making my share of the blog posts, so here’s my mass update

Work at GRT: Thanks go out to everyone who took my shifts for the month of February so I could go out to Whistler.  I know there were more driver’s who wanted some of my work, but unfortunately there was only so much to go around and I wanted to be rid of them as soon as possible so I didn’t have to worry about them not going.  Thanks also go out to those other drivers as well for their offer I know if some of the giveaways fell through you’d all be there to back me up as replacements.  Dispatch has also been kind enough to make an accommodation and has allowed me to hand in the entire 21 days worth of giveaways all at once, this Olympic opportunity only happens once and they know where I’ll be after all.

Flight: I fly out on February 1^st at 18:00EST from Toronto Pearson on Air Canada Flight 137 arriving at 20:03PST.  I fly back on February 28^th at 13:00PST and arrive in Toronto at 20:23EST on Air Canada Flight 1166.  I’m a little disappointed I didn’t get window seats, I love looking out the window while flying, but there’s food available to be bought on board, so that should keep me occupied, LOL.

Hotel: I will be staying at the Sea to Sky Hotel in the Garibaldi Highlands.  I’m assuming Garibaldi Highlands is a Squamish “suburb” of sorts, I can’t see where the one ends and the other starts on the map (kind of like K-W just smaller )

Work at Whistler: I picked my groups on Sunday (January 24^th) and being someone who likes variety I picked work with many different routes.  On week 1 (although I’ll be training during some of this time) I’ll be driving the commuter run between Squamish and Whistler, and weeks 2-4 I’ll be driving many various routes in Whistler and the Pemberton commuter run.  It’s mostly night work, but if anyone knows me well enough I’m a night owl anyways, so this suits me just fine, my latest finish time appears to be 3:29AM, so really not much different than GRT’s own Late Night Loop.  My group numbers while in Whistler are: Week 1: ‘4157’, Weeks 2-4: ‘4140’.  Also a plus is that I get to work 4 days with 3 days off each week, so hopefully I’ll get out seeing the sights in B.C. during these times.

Warren Schnurr

Wow, I remember sitting in my Grandother’s house in 2003 watching it live on CTV, awaiting the vote counts to see which city would host the 2010 Olympics, I was still working in retail and never in a million years did I ever think I would actually ever get out to B.C., let alone be a part of making the Olympics happen!

So, after thinking about it since the posting went up at the garage and finally making a last-minute decision to apply to Whistler Transit, I too have been honoured with a position on the GRT Olympic Bus Driving Team in Whistler from February 1 to February 28.  Now all I have to do after sign-up is done is post about 20 giveaways/trades and off to B.C. I go  …. so K-W co-workers, keep your eyes on the giveaway board in early December .

I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures!

Cheers,

Warren Schnurr – Operator 468