Feels like coming home

We got up and drove right away after a great sleep. We put in a solid two hour drive before stopping for a break. By 10:00am we had put in a normal day's drive for us!

But, we were on a bit of a mission yesterday, and still had to make it to our old hometown of Ottawa.

The fall colors are certainly starting to come out in the trees. Lots of bright red maple trees. Too bad we didn't have a blue sky sunny day, so the pictures aren't the best. Still, it's a very pretty area at this time of year near the Gatineau Hills north of Ottawa.

Colors in the hills.

Covered bridge and waterfall. 

Scenery along the way.

Getting closer to Ottawa, highway 5 becomes four lanes. Still not much traffic though.

We drove by the site where we did bungee jumping 3 years ago.

Do you remember when we did bungee jumping 3 years ago? Ruth trying to jump off that platform was one of our most watched videos on youtube. Too funny. You can see it here...

Ruth going bungee jumping

We continued on into the city of Ottawa, Canada's capital. Metro population now about 1.2 million. Big city, with lots of traffic. I don't miss that at all! Felt kind of funny to be driving through a city that we know so well. We haven't been here for exactly one year, and the last time was a quick fly in visit for a long weekend. This time, we're here for three weeks.

We stopped in the western part of the city to say hello to my Mom. Just a quick stop along the way though because we wanted to get to our daughter Lindsey's place on the southern outskirts of town before the rush hour traffic started. We'll see my Mom again on Sunday along with the rest of my side of the family, then up to Ruth's dad's to see her side on Monday. (Monday is the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday).

Made it to Lindsey's, and happy to see her and the grandkids! Son in law Justin was working late, but he came home around 8:00pm.

Sadie (3) and Ruth at the nearby playground.

Cameron (5 1/2), showing off his monkey bar skills!

Sadie is quite the tree climber!

She takes after her brother, the monkey.

You may have to put up with quite a few grandchild photos over the next three weeks!

Today, we have a 12 noon appointment to bottle our wine. We had Lindsey go to one of the local "brew it yourself" places to make us a couple of batches of cheap wine, and today it's ready! We're actually going to bag it, not bottle it. 

And what a beautiful day it's supposed to be! They're calling for a high of 24C (75F) with sunshine.

Sherman, happily settled into his parking spot at Lindsey and Justin's house.

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