Ottawa - by the zip line

The adventure of the week was cycling the length of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa.  We started the ride at di Rienzo bakery near Dow Lake in Little Italy, where we got turkey, capicolo, and havarti sandwiches. Then we biked the full length of the canal from Dow Lake to Parliament Hill. Such a Canadian thing to do.  Not as Canadian as skating the canal, I suppose, but hey, its summer and it was still fun.  Parliament Building tours were sold out.  We hope to go back again in October for a tour of the Parliament and observation of question period in the House of Commons.

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The misadventure of the week was mechanical problems.  Three of them actually.

1.The rear bumper hitch cracked and we nearly lost our bikes on the highway somewhere between Quebec City and Edmunston (we did not realize this until we were in Edmunston.)   If I had not triple strapped the bikes they would be scrap metal for sure. This was repaired by a kind welder in riviere verte, NB.



2. Because we plan on travelling 14000 km over the next year we wanted to upgrade our stereo to one that included an auxilary plug so that we could listen to music and stories from our phones.  We had a stereo installed in thunder bay, and shortly thereafter, the airbag light was on and the hazard lights wouldn't work.  This was repaired with some considerable expense at Dow Lake Honda in Ottawa.

3. The fridge in our camper only works on propane. Not solved yet...