After waking up at the Hither Hills Park in Ottawa, we packed up and headed out for a breakfast rendezvous with Tamara and her three kids. We decided that the nearest Denny's would be a great spot to grab a quick breakfast.
Tamara is the cousin of Jennifer, the wonderful young lady who baked blueberry muffins and chocolate chip cooks for us in PEI. Both Tamara and Jennifer have an aunt suffering with ALS at this moment.
From Denny's we decided to head to the Parliament Building to try for a shot of the 42Canoe. Couldn't stop for long on the busy streets of Ottawa, but Jeff managed this shot.
On the way to Kingston to meet Lesley, an ALS volunteer, we decided to take the back roads and avoid all the buffeting caused by passing transports. We passed through Smith Falls and down Highway 15, a beautiful drive as we moved from farmland into woods and lake areas.
Met Leslie at a Timmy's in Kingston. She organized their recent ALS Walk and was going to give us a ride to Darlington Provincial Park. Not wanting to tax her volunteering spirit, and with the fact that she was very busy at the time, we told her we could get there ourselves. She bought us lunch and signed the bottom of the canoe. Thanks Leslie.
Once we left Kingston we followed some back roads (I lead Jeff to a ferry that I'm pretty sure we didn't want to get on) until we reached Belleville, where we got on the 401 and drove through to the Park. We have a great campsite and can see the CN tower in the distance.
Off to Barrie today with the help of a friend.
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