Ottawa to Peterborough

Last night we had the privilege of having dinner with Corey & Rachel Pickford and their three beautiful girls.  They took us out for dinner and we celebrated Olivia's 7th birthday!  She got cake :)

Olivia got cake :)

We had a nice visit, which was way too short, but such is the life of the cross-country travellers.  After the Pickfords packed their clan back home, Kevan & I headed out to the market place.  Even though we were stuffed from dinner, we shared a beaver tail (cuz you just have to do that in Ottawa!!) and then stopped for a beverage at one of the sidewalk pubs.  Lots of people out on the streets.  We walked passed the Rideau Canal, strolled up Sussex Drive and took in the sights.  Silly me, I had left the camera in the hotel, so no pictures of that.

The Parade in front of our hotel

This morning we were treated with the changing of the guard at the parliament buildings (we think that's what it was!)  They came by the hotel this morning as we were about to head out.  That was cool to see.



We headed out to Peterborough and stopped in historic Perth for lunch. 

Lunch in Perth and toasting Bert & Diane for the anniversary!!

This was outside of the restaurant

Cute town, with lots of older buildings.  



After lunch, the weather we had been dodging found us, so we got a few showers for the rest of the trip.  We were warm and dry on the inside, so other than the bike needing a good cleaning, we did fine.



 Enjoying a relaxing evening in Peterborough, and planning the next few days out.  The forecast is for scattered showers tomorrow morning, and then it clears up again and is sunny and warm for the rest of the weekend.  We will be heading to Lake Simco and the Georgian Bay, so think this will give us more opportunity for sight-seeing.


Having issues with uploading pictures again...not sure what the problem is, but at the next stop I'll try to add more!  Off to Owen Sound.