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Keith McCord Reporting Things are starting to wind down in Torino. On Day 16 in Salt Lake four years ago, people were suddenly realizing that our games, too, were about over.
The Olympics is one of those events where you had to have your camera, because there were so many things to see. And there were two spots where everybody was taking shots.
The Olympic Cauldron was the most popular picture taking spot while the games were going on. Day and night, people stopped and posed. It got so busy out here, that the police finally put barracades out, so that cars could stop along the curb for a few seconds. Some folks didn't even get out of their cars!
"Did you make a special trip just to see this?" "We did. We brought all the kids down, took their picture."
And remember the lighted Olympic rings up on the hillside above the stadium? That was a popular attraction too... too popular according to residents in the area. At night, streets were jammed with cars trying to get close.
"I didn't think there'd be that many people up here."
Others hiked!
"I just wanted a good shot in the night. Looks like they're floating."
In fact, they were--sort of. The 18-hundred low-watt light bulbs were mounted on poles stuck in the ground. And each night, workers went up and changed out all the bulbs that had burned out! A unique nightly landmark overlooking the games four years ago.
But those lights and the cauldron would go dark the following night, and that's why people were snapping away!
