Ottawa 4, Ontario, Canada

We are still at the same RV park just outside of Ottawa – the capital of Canada – so the map would be the same.  After two days of running around and multiple tour of Ottawa we decided to take rest day.  We slept in – when we awoke it was raining heavily and that continued for the whole day.

Our French-Canadian farmer friend next door with the three small children decided it was time to go home to Montreal.  The kids were couped up in their small trail and were bouncing off the walls.  Allen (pronounced Allon) broke camp in a driving rain, loaded the kids in the back seat of the truck and with a wave and an “au revoir” he headed north to  Montreal.

I fooled around with blog for a while and it was not cooperating so I shut the computer off and went to bed about 8:00pm.  We didn’t get out of our PJ’s, had a late breakfast then went to the movies in a town about 30 minutes away.

Today we are going to drive into Ottawa and go to the air force base where I grew up as a child and then ironically severed in the military at the same base.  Interestingly enough the barracks I stayed in was right across a field from the row housing were I lived when I was a child.  I could look out the window and see the exact house where I lived. Hopefully I will be able to visit the elementary school and the high school I attended.  I will also swing by the Civic Hospital where I was born but I doubt anyone will remember me.   PRC

We were so fortunate to have two full days of marvelous weather to spend in Ottawa. It started pouring rain again last night. I love the coolness and all the shades of green.  Consequently I thought I’d like living in the Pacific Northwest or Canada… Not so sure now.  Of course it would be a lot different living in a house versus this travel trailer (It’s getting tinier.)

We are going to a movie later this afternoon as apparently movies don’t start until 4:10 pm. Thank goodness we have books and music to entertain us. I also can organize my recipes on the computer. We haven’t had the best of luck with WiFi. Peter bought a satellite dish in Phoenix which we found out doesn’t work in Canada as they have their own system up here and we would have to sign up for a two year contract.

It was suggested that this could be a Vision Quest. Actually there is some truth to that. We are hardly far from civilization but it is good not to be so connected. Admittedly I send a lot of text messages because I desire outside communication.  TV and radio are really not that big of a deal.  We were kinda addicted to Netflix anyway. I remember as a kid I gave up the radio for Lent for 40 days. There is definitely a lesson to be learned here.  Although, it would be nice to take a walk outside in this lovely setting, but this is not just a drizzle, it’s a downpour that doesn’t let up.  I know I sound like a wimp…

Our neighbor Allan and his family just left in the pouring rain. We said au revoir to them from the window of course… (Not going outside until necessary.)

Each site at a trailer park has a picnic table to enjoy meals outside. We haven’t been able to do that once because of the wind, heat (mostly in the US), cold, rain, or mosquitoes.

Au revoir from the Arizona wuss….       JY