We're in Ottawa now. We drove from Sudbury to Arnprior on Monday to visit Jim's cousin Leanne and her family. We had a couple hours and a great dinner before we headed on into Ottawa. Our first RV park we planned to stay at wasn't answering their phone, so we went to a different one. It ended up being way south of town, very expensive, and run-down all at once. We weren't impressed, so we took off in the morning for a new RV park just a bit further north (and within cell phone range). We are close to a road, but it quiets down at night. We have an outdoor pool and a nice grassy spot. We plan to hang out here for two weeks while Michelle is away in HAWAII - have fun you guys!!!!
So, today, we drove (the long way) up to the Aviation Museum. It was a well done museum with one of our favourite subjects. They did a good job of documenting the history of Canadian Aviation. The Beaver pictured above is one of Canada's biggest aviation success stories. These planes haven't been manufactured new since the '70's, but many are still in service. Yvonne got to build her own plane and "fly" it down a string and into a "lake" (really a kids inflatable pool). It was a fun project. We intended to stop at the RCMP stables where they train for the Musical Ride, but we couldn't find it.
We had a tough day navigating. We haven't quite got the hang of the city. We tried doing a quick on and off of the freeway and ended up doing a huge oval route, but managed to not quite go all the way "home" before we realized we were in the entirely wrong spot. There are so many things going on in Ottawa, it will keep us busy. We plan to try out the transit system, since parking the truck is no easy trick in the city. Similar to Vancouver, all the parkades of 6'6" clearance - 2 inches too low for us. Tomorrow, we may try to get into the Parliamentary area early enough to see the changing of the guard. It's at 10 AM each day.