Today was my last day of dedicated unfocused wanderings. I had a few ideas that I’ll be finishing up over the next few days, but nothing came through for today. The few events that I was going to check out turned out to not be very interesting. With my day open, I decided to head back to Richmond to check out the Richmond Oval where the speed skating finals were happening. Afterwards I went to the Vancouver Olympic Centre. I haven’t been by many venues since the first couple days of my trip. I now remember why I haven’t been hanging around the outlying venues. You can’t get close and there’s not a lot of people traffic like there is downtown. Outside the Vancouver Olympic Centre, I tried for one of my wide angle self portraits. I took a couple then checked my screen for framing. I noticed something. I look tired. Then I realized that yes, I am tired. This trip had been a lot of fun and I feel like I’m producing good work, but it has been very tiring. It’s pushed me in ways I didn’t expect and drained me physically and mentally. By the time I leave, I’ll have been home only 1 of the past 21 days. I have 2 more days before I head home and I still have a lot left to shoot. I’m ready to be back with my wife, my cats and sleep in my own bed. Until then, I’m going to keep pushing and shooting right up to the end.