Ottawa River

Chris had to work yesterday and I needed a break from all that is going on at the house these days, so I grabbed my road bike and went for a little 50 km ride out the east end of Ottawa. The weather was actually quite nice too. Sunny, but not excessively humid as it can be at this time of year in Ottawa. The best portion of the ride was along the eastern parkway bike path west of Convent Glen in Orleans , as it winds through the trees and along banks of the Ottawa river. I stopped at this bench for a snack. The picture looks west, back towards Ottawa. Quebec is on the opposite side of the river.

On weekends this pathway is quite busy, but yesterday there were only a few people out and about. The bike path connects back onto the eastern parkway, which in turn runs west into Ottawa or east, back into Orleans and Blackburn Hamlet. Alcatel sponsors a free bike day every Sunday from 9 am to 1 pm, between Victoria Day in May and Labour Day in September. The eastern parkway is closed to vehicular traffic from the traffic lights at St Joseph Blvd/Montreal Rd all the way to the Aviation Museum.