Canada Day!

Canada Day was marvelous! The weather was fabulous. Clear and sunny all day was certainly a welcome change to rain we received during the month of June this year. It must have rained almost everyday in June.

We started the day off with a trip to Starbucks after breakfast. Not an everyday occurence, but it was very nice to sit on the patio and read in the sunshine. Then it was cycling time. We went for a 60 km bike ride on our Co-Motion tandem. Traffic was fairly light today because of the holiday. Canada Day celebrations were evident everywhere. Petrie Island had a huge celebration on the beach. Our cycling trip took us past Petrie. Lots of people walking into the park and beach area. Those who weren't walking were being driven in by tractors towing wagons loaded with people. Police had roads closed off and many people were just parking on the shoulder. No problem for us to get through on the tandem though.

We continued on the bike path along the Ottawa River and went as far as the Aviation Museum where another celebration was in full swing. Several old WWII military aircraft that had likely performed at the air show in Carp over the weekend were parked on the runway. They were certainly drawing crowds of spectators too. We cycled as far as the Dairy Queen near the Canadian Police College where we both indulged ourselves with a chocolate dipped cone. Madam seems to be enjoying herself don't you think?

While at DQ, we received a phone call from the people who had bought our master bedroom furniture. They had rented a truck today and wanted to come by and pick it all up. Here we were over an hour from home on the tandem and we hadn't even emptied all the furniture of our things nor hauled the furntiture all downstairs yet! They were supposed to have given us a day's notice before showing up. Well how about 3 hours notice! Thankfully, we had a great tailwind for most of the ride home!

Soon as we arrived at home, Chris busied herself emptying all the drawers while I dismantled everything. We hauled it all down into the garage before they arrived at 8 pm with a full size Ford Econoline van from Hertz. Four ladies, and none of them really dressed to move furniture. So Chris and I did most of their loading as well. The van was not big enough to fit everything, so a return trip was necessary. We finally had the rest loaded on their second trip and sent them on their way at 11 pm.

We were exhausted! We laughed about our day and felt much better after a nice hot shower. At least the furniture is gone. Rooms are slowly emptying out throughout our home. Pretty sure tomorrow will be a rest day.....................