Oy. When I arrived at my hotel--booked a year ago, and not so easy to find one for the whole Brier even then--I discovered that they closed the hotel part 5 months ago.  Obviously I didn't get notified  That is a very bad moment. You get to a hotel in the one town in Canada which is guaranteed to be full to the rafters for the next 10 nights and you don't have a hotel reservation.  The guy at the ex-Knight's Inn did at least call and get me a room at the Motel 6 until next Wednesday.  I stopped at the Comfort Inn and they can take me Friday-Monday, and she thinks the manager can fix it so I can stay there Thursday, but I have to talk to her tomorrow.  It's all going to cost me significantly more than double what it would have, but at least I have a room.  I was not in any position to be picky. And I must say: the Knight's Inn was a D-U-M-P dump.  It needed to close.  So I have traded way up--the Motel 6 is quite nice.  See photo.

That is way too much excitement for one day.  I ordered pizza to be delivered (never did that before) and will go to bed after I figure out the logistics for tomorrow.  Opening ceremony is at 12:30 and there are two draws--2:00 and 7:00.  I will probably leave in between to eat and/or do some work. After tomorrow, it's three draws a day: 9 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m.  All the curling you could possibly want!  Stay tuned!

The temperature, by the way, is -8F right now.  High of 0 tomorrow.  Wind chill tomorrow night around -40F.  No more complaining about how cold it is in Virginia!  :-)