Happy Canada Day! from Ottawa

We partook of the famous McCandless hospitality in Perth and exercised our jaws as we enjoyed the AC.


We made it to Ottawa, looked across the river to Quebec

Our path into Ottawa was very straightforward and we found our campground and the park & ride very easily. We enjoyed more wonderful hospitality, Canada Day breakfast with Karen & Kim; also checked out their fantastic new home!

We hopped on the bus and were downtown by 2:30 with thousands of other patriotic, enthusiastic Canadians, you've never seen so much red. We toured the sites and had to restore our energy with some liquid refreshment, the water we brought was too warm to drink. We headed to Parliament Hill for the evening show saw Brett Kissel (Alberta boy); Daniel Lavoie (Denis knew from Dunrae); Whitehorse; Serena Ryder; Veronique Di Clare and others. The evening was capped off by a spectacular fireworks show and a cooling rain. When we left the hill every direction you looked the streets were full of people, but for the most part everyone was flowing in the same direction. It took and hour and a half to get on a bus and get back to the truck. It was worth doing once but I think we will celebrate Canada Day a little quieter next year.

Canada Day at Parliament Hill

And now we are off to check out the Diefenbunker........