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September 29 Thursday Bicycle touring from Merrickville Ontario to Ottawa Ontario It rained on and off during the night. The provincial campground turned out to be another twenty-five kilometres from where we made it last night. We had a chilly breakfast there eating grapes and peanut butter banana jam sandwiches. Touring cyclists sure eat some strange combinations sometimes. Whatever we have in our panniers at times. We make it easily into Ottawa on a back road and hit a bike path running along the canal and into the downtown core. We went to the Art Gallery. Outside some sicko had done his interpretation of art with an exploded pigeon. There was a head, feet, and some feathers alongside a pile of corn and a ball of worms strewn about. It was just laying on the sidewalk in front of the entrance to the Art Gallery. Just one more little wafer. We saw the Parliament buildings. Lots of the leaves here are still green. I was surprised at how! A cold front is expected Monday. There hasn't been frost here yet. But it is cool when the wind is blowing. We met Claren after she finished work and went to an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet. Then we took a cab to Valerie's, Claren's cousin's place, where Claren is staying when she works in Ottawa. We had driven with Claren in her car to Valerie's after supper, leaving our bikes outside the Art Gallery. We went back downtown with CJ, Valerie's husband, and his truck, and picked up our bikes -- still outside the art centre where we had locked them earlier in the day. Our fully loaded touring bikes had been there so long, people must have thought they were part of an exhibition. Sharon's bags are really bright since I spray painted them neon pink again. The only trouble being -- the paint comes off on her hands and clothes. |
