Happy Canada Day!
We ate charcuterie along the Rideau Canal (and by that I mean we picked up discount cheese and crackers from the nearby grocery store) and then watched Canada Day fireworks at Lebreton Flats in Ottawa This past week we had our first near-miss collision, but it wasn’t with a vehicle. It was mid-morning and we were cycling down a long hill at a fast pace. To my right I saw something black come out towards me. It took me a moment to compute what was happening, and then I realized a baby black bear about the size of an Aussie Shepard was running out from the bushes onto the road! It didn’t see me and I had to swerve to avoid it, missing it by less than a meter. Karen yelled at the little guy, and then it looked up, saw me, and then fled back into the trees. Karen and I hurried off and didn’t stop to get a picture in case mama bear was nearby. Later that same day we discovered our favourite Ontario town, Almonte. It wasn’t in our itinerary to go there, but we stayed with another kind Warm S...