After our Reno Depot experience we checked in for 2 nights to Recreation Land, a campsite in Cumberland, about 30 km out of Ottawa.
It was kind of nice having a couple of down days where I didn’t have helmet hair and I didn’t have to wear jeans in 35 degree weather.
Tuesday we hung around the campsite after checking in about noon. The boys went up to Rockland to get some groceries, and then we just vegged out. It was overcast but still quite hot and the only day so far where we experienced the mugginess we were warned about.
Wednesday we all piled into the trailerless truck and headed back into Ottawa to be tourists. We visited the National House of Prayer and then wandered through the Byward Market. After taking a break in an air-conditioned Irish pub we walked around the Rideau Canal and the Parliament Buildings then called it a day and headed back to the campsite.
As luck would have it, July 25 just happened to be the “community potluck” day at the campground. This once a year annual event was just getting under way when we arrived. As typical Ziemers we immediately holed-up in our trailer to avoid the party.
Alb went back to Rockland to wash the bike and get the 8 gazillion bugs out of the grill, Barbee and I caught up on some computering and Jimmy made a feeble attempt to get a tan on his lily-white legs. When he began to hear music and clapping coming from the neighbourhood party he could no longer resist and he dragged Barbee off to be sociable.
Of course one thing led to another and it wasn’t too long before the guitars, mando and lap top were hauled out and they entertained the very eclectic crowd with a very eclectic set of music. They got everything from bluegrass to Everly Brothers to old hymns to Eagles to an attempt at Nous Allon (however that’s spelled) The mostly French crowd was impressed with their “New Brunswick French” accent and one guy even sang along with them cuz he “knew that one”. It was encouraging to hear that their French really was French and the real French people could understand.
Drunk Alice was their biggest fan and she made everyone in the crowd “shut up and listen” when they sang Amazing Grace. Receiving a hand delivered Pieces of Cloth cd made her week.
Tuesday we hung around the campsite after checking in about noon. The boys went up to Rockland to get some groceries, and then we just vegged out. It was overcast but still quite hot and the only day so far where we experienced the mugginess we were warned about.
Wednesday we all piled into the trailerless truck and headed back into Ottawa to be tourists. We visited the National House of Prayer and then wandered through the Byward Market. After taking a break in an air-conditioned Irish pub we walked around the Rideau Canal and the Parliament Buildings then called it a day and headed back to the campsite.
As luck would have it, July 25 just happened to be the “community potluck” day at the campground. This once a year annual event was just getting under way when we arrived. As typical Ziemers we immediately holed-up in our trailer to avoid the party.
Alb went back to Rockland to wash the bike and get the 8 gazillion bugs out of the grill, Barbee and I caught up on some computering and Jimmy made a feeble attempt to get a tan on his lily-white legs. When he began to hear music and clapping coming from the neighbourhood party he could no longer resist and he dragged Barbee off to be sociable.
Of course one thing led to another and it wasn’t too long before the guitars, mando and lap top were hauled out and they entertained the very eclectic crowd with a very eclectic set of music. They got everything from bluegrass to Everly Brothers to old hymns to Eagles to an attempt at Nous Allon (however that’s spelled) The mostly French crowd was impressed with their “New Brunswick French” accent and one guy even sang along with them cuz he “knew that one”. It was encouraging to hear that their French really was French and the real French people could understand.
Drunk Alice was their biggest fan and she made everyone in the crowd “shut up and listen” when they sang Amazing Grace. Receiving a hand delivered Pieces of Cloth cd made her week.
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