OTTAWA, ONTARIO

August 3, 2023

Guinness here today….

So the last few days have been strange with lots of new experiences. Lynn and Rod keep talking about locks. Mostly I just watch them grab the leash on the boat and tie it around a black thing (they call it a cable.) Sometimes it’s easy for me to jump off the boat because the boat is even with the top of the “lock”, so I have to stay below. There are a lot of boats and it’s fun talking to the other people and dogs. They also got very excited when they saw a tree with red leaves?

People here really enjoy summer – maybe because it’s so short.

Today we were in a place called Autowa, eh?  We rode in a red bus with no top and listened to a cute guy talk about things I didn’t understand. But Lynn and Rod really enjoyed it.

There were marching men with black hats called the guard and they changed them up twice a day. 

They call it “changing of the guard” but I do a good job guarding without a black hat!

We went to an Irish place for lunch and then we got to see the really special locks. (Lynn called them the “staircase locks”.). We walked along the sides and they look very different when you’re standing next to them rather than in them. I heard them say there are 8 of these in a row. Lots of people watching. I think we get to go through them in a few days and there could be a lot of people watching us too. 

Then we went to see a church which was really big and then to a place with pictures. Rod called it a gallery but I didn’t see any “gals” there. 

Rod and Lynn decided to go for Italian food tonight to Little Italy. Just before we left, there was a noise on the phone that scared me because Rod said it meant dangerous weather. And it was awful walking to the restaurant. There was thunder and that REALLY scared me. But Lynn kept saying things were fine. When we got to the restaurant, I was so happy, I just laid under the table where I felt safe. 

So today was a fun day (except for the thunder). We’re back on the boat on a lake with parks all around us. It’s cool so some of us need jackets when we go out, but I just like jumping in the cold water near the boat.  And there is a boat next to us that has EVERYTHING! Made of aluminum and wood with window air conditioners, coils of wire, kayaks, grills with tanks, bicycles, folding chairs, and a mean dog.

Really cool – lots of fun stuff for a dog to play with!

Wonder what we’ll do tomorrow!