Ottawa

Chateau Laurier

Celebrating Jamie's Birthday

Supervising the Rideau Canal Locks

Brent posing as a tourist

What a great campsite last night. Very quiet and peaceful. We have settled into a bit of a routine, sleeping into 8 am, toast and coffee, and on the road by 10. Quite sane, actually!

We took our time and drove through Petawawa and Pembrook, stopping for a Timmy's along the way. Thanks, Grant and Arlene! We have been using the card lots!

Happy Birthday, brother Jamie! I hope you are having a great day today. I have been thinking of you often, especially when I hear some of the interesting tunes you put on my IPOD. Favorite so far is the Christmas music... Interesting. Not so fond of the punk stuff, however!

It is hot 30, and muggy here in Ottawa, and we scored a great deal at the Raddison on Hotwire. We are right downtown, blocks from the Parliament buildings for $85/night! We will stay until Monday. Once we settled in, we walked around downtown, and saw some of the sights. Tomorrow, we will take a Parliament tour and do lots of walking. Looking forward to it!