OTTAWA #1

I have begun my 24 day trip to Ottawa.

It started on June 6th. We were supposed to leave New Minas at 0600 but due to Jellybean's graduation running later than anticipated we ended up not getting on the 101 until 0930. We made amazing time, had great weather, waved to and gave Mack the finger on our way by CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick. I gave him the finger because his brother, Chad, sent me an offline message wishing me a great trip and Mack did not. We saw 4 moose, 1 40 foot husky and a 30 foot cow... Oh wait and one lonely tree on a farm with no other trees around it.

We got to Quebec City around 0700 and I called Cathy to get her to check mapquest.com to find out where the 138 was in relation to Cornwall on the 401 so that way when we got to Montreal I could call her and tell her to leave and she would know which way to turn when she turned onto the 401. We got to Montreal, called her, said we were about an hour and a half from Cornwall. We were just coming up to the bridge in Montreal. The traffic was at a complete stand still. Three lanes of traffic merging into one. It took us nearly half an hour to get across the bridge and to the other side of Montreal, which would normally take 15 minutes. We made great time and just as we were coming up to the 138 I noticed a new gas station. I said to Chris that I hoped Cathy was not there waiting for me as it was NOT the correct gas station.

We continued on and just as we thought we were about 1 km from the gas station that Cathy was supposed to be at, a tire blew on the trailer we were hauling behind us. This took us about half an hour to get changed. We get back on the 401 and low and behold the gas station is literally right around the corner. We piss and patter around for a while and Cathy is still no where to be seen. Finally, I decided that we should call the gas station that I had pointed out earlier. It took us another 20 minutes to get a phone number and then another 5 minutes to get through to them, after 20 rings a woman answered and I asked if she could check to see if there was a white ford escort wagon in her parking lot.. She said "one moment" to me and then I heard "Are you driving that white wagon?" I said "her name is cathy and tell her to get on the 401 going towards Toronto 15 minutes and I am at the Esso"... Divine Intervention. I firmly believe in it. I had prayed and asked God to bring us together and he did.

I fell asleep around 5AM Sunday morning and Cathy went to bed at noon when I got up. I went back to bed around 1pm and we both got up around 4:30pm and Jen and her son Josh were due at 5pm for a bbq. It was raining so we bought roasted chicken instead...lol...

Monday we went to Pierre's. He was happy to have 2 beautiful women visit him and a laptop to work on. So, my laptop is working in tip top shape.

That's it...That is all we have done...oh wait no... We went yard hopping on Monday night and ended up locked out of the house. We ended up crashing at Joanne's. So, thats it. On Sunday we are going to Upper Canada Village to the Medieval Festival and are dressing up in period costume. There will be more on that with pictures next week.

So, that's it. til next time, enjoy and be safe.