中午出門時還得先清除車頂積雪;用雪刷將一層層白雪揮落,有種抹奶油蛋糕的趣味,真是過癮!
躲在暖烘烘的屋內觀賞雪景固然欣喜有趣,但雪後要鏟除路面積雪可是件辛苦事。融雪時,雪泥與路面污泥混合的濕冰更是慘不忍睹啊!


令人期待已久的列治文奧林匹克橢圓競速滑冰場(The Richmond Olympic Oval, or the Richmond Oval ,簡稱ROO),終於在2008年12月12日正式對外開放,還記得去年8月自台灣回溫哥華後,騎自行車常經過該滑冰場的工地,(請參閱敝人愉2007/09/09與2008/05/10的文章),我可以說是親眼見她一天天從荒地到打地基;從紮樑到組合,一步步架構出來,真的非常高興看到她今天的成果。
The Richmond Olympic Oval, or the Richmond Oval is[1] a facility in Richmond , British Columbia , Canada . It will be the venue of the speed skating events of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The cost of the project is currently estimated at $178 million.
It has been built on a site beside the Fraser River , a few blocks away from Lansdowne Station on the Canada Line. From the air, the roof takes the stylized native shape of a heron's wing, a tribute to the Salish First Nation and the large wading bird that cohabited the riverbank at first European contact 230 years ago. It covers 33,000 m² of space, including a 20,000 m² main floor that includes a 400 m refrigerated track. It can accommodate 8,000 spectators.
A distinctive feature of the Richmond Oval is its unique "wood wave" roof. This roof, which is one of the longest clear spans in North America , includes one million board feet of B.C. pine-beetle kill wood linked together in undulating sections to create a beautifully rippled effect. These one of a kind wood panels were designed by structural engineers Fast + Epp and constructed at the design build firm Structure Craft Builders Inc. in Delta, B.C. The remainder of the building structure was designed by structural engineers Glotman.Simpson Consulting Engineers. Some items of interest included the design for a flat ice surface and the architectural piers used to support the roof structure.