In the Capital!

Well I forgot to bring my journal with me to write this entry so I'm not going to try to remember everything that has happened since Sault Ste. Marie, but I'll give you some highlights and I guess lowlights haha.

There's been quite a bit of rain since then :S It turned out that my "rain jacket" wasn't really waterproof so I ended fashioning a garbage bag jacket. It got the job done for a bit, but I did finally buy a jacket in Sudbury. There's been a lot of hiding out in convenient stores, gas stations, weigh scales, or whatever is available to wait out the rain.

Dave and I traveled together to Ottawa. The day we left Sault Ste. Marie it was quite sunny so we stopped at a u-pick strawberry farm. They were delicious and someone there recognized me as "the girl in the news paper" which was pretty cool :) We had a lot of strawberries leftover (and don't travel well by bike) so we tried to make rice pudding with strawberries that night; it didn't go well, but it was edible haha.

The day travelling to Sudbury I had a broken spoke. Neither Dave or I had ever really changed a spoke, but after a couple of hours we managed to get my bike to a ride-able state. Then once in Sudbury we got it to a bikeshop and got it fixed up :)

My time here in Ottawa has been great! Yesterday some of the local Lululemon staff, my good friend Nicole and I did yoga on parliament where I was able to make an announcement to everyone about my trip. We then spent sometime in one of the stores talking to other staff and some customers:)

Tomorrow I will be on my way again, but Nicole's mom (Auntie Sue) is riding with me for the day. My next big destination is Montreal! Maybe a chance to practice my French??


I'll try to write a more accurate post next time!