Ottawa revisited

We left the Gaspe Peninsula and headed over to our friends the Massicottes.  We got to help out getting wood into the basement for winter, and it was a treat to do some physical work with more purpose than just to stay in shape.

Monique freaked the kids out with her hitchhiker thumb.

Carl and Lee stay in this Ottawa RV park most of the summer.  The day we pulled in they hosted us for icecream in the evening.  Carl's great grandpa came from Ireland during the potato famines, to Isle D'Orleons and then to the Gaspe.  Carl also grew up there with a jack of all trades dad who was also a cod fisherman.  It was extra neat to hear about this because e were just there learning about the codfish economy of the area.

 We had to do the tour again because Janna and Jake skipped last time.

 From the peace tower we spotted a mazzerati and went down and took a picture.

 We watched the parade of honour by the speaker of the house.  They don't even throw candy.

 We spotted 4 criminals right outside the supreme court, and they got away.

 It was hot.  32 C and muggy in Ottawa today, but a city worker let us get hydrated here.

We got to have supper with the Kennedys and then watch the canucks lose game 4 together.  ( I'm bitter, but not riotous )  Janna stayed overnight with her buddy, and we picked her up the next morning to head for Sudbury.

Sudbury has the second best science center we've seen.  You can even hold African snails and pet porcupines and skunks if you're there at the right time.

You can make your own race car and then race it.

You can nearly be taken out by a bowling ball.......

....among other things.

After a while too many butterflies bug you. 
We drove to The Sioux and then to Thunder Bay with a failing fuel pump.  That meant we climbed some awfully long hills at 30 kph and we stayed in Thunder Bay 3 nights instead of 1.  The next hill proved our problem was solved.
I like places of geographic signifigance

 We made Winnipeg from Thunder Bay and set up at Bird's Hill Park for a few nights.
It's here that we got to witness the final nail in the canuck's coffin.