Flying the Skies over Ottawa

Today we visited David's Great Aunt Bea, who is 93! She may have been a bit overwhelmed to open her door at her care facility and find 8 relatives!!! We had a very good visit, and she was pleased to have guests.

We then went on to the Aeronautics and Space Centre, where they just happened to be offering vintage biplane rides over the city. Being the wonderful parents of such appreciative children, we decided to let them go flying!!! The flight took them over the Parliament Buildings, the Rideau Canal and the Ottawa River. The kids were very excited, and said it was an awesome experience!

After visiting the rest of the Centre, we returned to the camper for supper. We are staying at the Ottawa Municipal Campground this time, which is pretty close to downtown. The campground is beautiful, with tons of trees. We had just made supper, and sat down to eat when this huge gust of wind came up and blew all the trees sideways. Instantly, there were leaves swirling everywhere!! It was pretty wild! We moved inside for dinner. After dinner we sent all the boys to clean up in the bathrooms, which are about a three-minute walk from the trailer. All of a sudden there was a huge boom of thunder, the lightning lit up the entire sky, and a torrential rainstorm started. Needless to say, the boys were a little freaked out and soaking wet by the time they got back to the trailer. I guess it ended up being quite a bad storm, we saw tons of broken branches and downed trees in the city today. Cheap Trick was playing at BluesFest, and the stage actually collapsed while they were playing. There were a few injuries, but the stage collapsed away from the crowd, so most people were ok. We are happy that we were not driving in those winds!!