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In front of the United States
Embassy in Ottawa |
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Looking down to the Ottawa
River from the top of the
Flight of Eight Locks |
We were up early to finish laundry, clean the inside cabins and arrange the pick up of a rental car Brian reserved on line the evening before. On the way back to the marina, Brian found the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) and stopped in for local information, maps and such. These really helped planning our attack for the day and in short order, we were lunching in Gatineau on our way into Ottawa. The “
flight of eight” locks are impressive! As we were strolling along, looking for other Americans traversing the locks, found two Outterbanks from North Carolina going through. We were able to assist them going into the next lock, and then met the Lock Master. After explaining our intent, he indicated we should be on the wall and checked in (registered) no later than 3pm tomorrow as it is another holiday and he is anticipating many boats. This will guarantee that we will make it through all 8 locks prior to closing time. Afterwards, we walked the
Byward Market
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| By Ward Market |
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| Part of the Byward Market |
area, an open air market of produce along a few streets with unique items such as meat market, fish market, wine market, and such, including a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. We completed our provisioning needs and returned to the marina to settle them in the boat and get the car back within the allotted timeframe. Brian returned with Nasser, his driver from Enterprise, who is interested in boats. Of course a tour was in order. With fresh provisions, grilled steak is on the menu for tonight as soon as we connect with our son so he has the latest intent for tomorrow’s actions. Most steaks are marinated here in Canada, so the only way Linda can eat is when we grill our own.
