7 A.M. at the Happy Valley Day Lodge at the Big White Ski Resort. 

Volunteer Amateur Radio Operators from O.C.A.R.C. show up to pick up their signage, lunch, and last minute updates before going out to the rally course for their assignments.  The weather was beautiful, the lunches were delicious, and there was a great atmosphere amongst the volunteers and participants.  The early morning wake up time was already paying off.

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Big White Mountain Looking towards F8 from F9 on the Black Forest section of the rally course. Big White Mountain in the background.	Blocking Position VE7JWS is set up in position F9 on the Black Forest section, blocking traffic from a side road from entering the race course.
Waiting for the Start Radio and clipboard at the ready, F9 waits for the first car of this stage to come by.	Car 2 Rally car #2 races past F9 on his first pass of the day in the Black Forest
Car 5 Now car #5 goes past, trying for the fastest time.	Gem Lake Start VE7EWS at the start of the Gem Lake section.
Big White Repeater Location The Big White Repeater location is at the top. You can also see the lift towers to the left.	Pit Stop During the noon break, the rally cars could be seen in the "pit area" doing some maintenance
#7 Pits Car #7 in the pit area. Have you ever seen a more beautiful surrounding for a race??	Volunteer Hams Here's some of our happy amateur radio volunteers at the awards ceremony and supper after the race.

VE7JWS YouTube video from Black Forest Checkpoint F9

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The Big White Car Rally organizers were very kind in their praise of the Amateur Radio operators and their role in making the car rally possible.  The communications aided greatly in the smooth running of the rally, and in the safety of all the participants.  We would like to see even greater participation from amateur radio operators from Kelowna, as well as from up and down the Okanagan Valley, in the next event. 

The only stuck vehicle some of us saw was the RCMP cruiser outside the Lodge after the award ceremony.