We went to Ottawa in search of winter. They had their Winterlude festival going, with ice sculptures, warming fires, and skating on the canal. Unfortunately the unseasonable season we've all been having meant that the canal was closed, fires were far from a necessity and unthinkable atrocities were happening to ice sculptures every afternoon. Still, we walked and enjoyed Byward Market and the incredible (but badly named) Canadian Museum of Civilization. There was also poutine, window shopping, plenty of playing with Carter, long walks along the canal and around the city, and even some fried confectioners' treat called BeaverTails.
We had smooth drives back and forth, though we learned that our GPS doesn't do roads in Canada. Hooray for dead reckoning! Monday's return was under a clear blue sky that made us think upstate New York has plenty more to explore.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012