Easy. That word seems to be extinct in my vocabulary. Everything that I do seems to be over complicated, even a simple bus ride becomes crazy. This weekend was my first time volunteering outside of high school and it was far from easy.
Swimming for the BC Summer Games was out at Walnut Grove Community Centre. I never realized how wonderful that area is and what beautiful views of the mountains it has. If I had a car I would be looking for places out there in a heart beat. Unfortunately I don’t and the buses don’t connect that well to get me out there for the 7:00 am start time.
Friday started with me getting there at 7:30am, which ended up being two hours before the first races started at 9:30am, was starving for lunch at 11 so I left, the timed races didn’t start that afternoon till 2:00pm so I had four hours to spare. I asked to be inside since I don’t do well in the heat, but I did not know exactly how humid it would be in the pool; luckily they had doors they could open. Then after the medal presentation I found out I had a lovely female surprise, caught the wrong bus that took me too Guilford instead of Langley and by the time I got home my feet ached, my knee was stabbing pain, I had cramps and my back ached like I had pulled muscles. My simple photography trip that day took me twelve hours out of the house.
Saturday I took off.
Sunday was full of walking around in the heat and coming back home with a heat headache and nausea. At least I figured out my buses probably, despite missing a community shuttle that comes every hour and walked half an hour to my next bus.
Not so easy.
It was a great experience though – I’ve never shot a sporting event before and it was fantastic. The Swim BC officials were super nice (I seriously have never felt the power of the ‘media’ before, very scary.), the swim coaches were friendly, thanks to some other photographers giving me pointers, and Bev, Milt, and Dennis who organized everything for the photography volunteers.
Below are a sample of photos I shot for the BC Summer Games. Want to see more photos from the BC Summer Games? Go take a look at the website.
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Cool that you volunteered and took photos! I don’t have a car right now either, makes things complicated! I like the second set of action swimming shots :)
Good on you for volunteering! It’s true, the bus system is a little tricky in and out of Walnut Grove but isn’t it gorgeous? I lived there for 10 years! Fort Langley is equally gorgeous. 5 minutes away but in it’s own little ‘Artsy’ world! If you haven’t been, you need to go!