Thursday, September 25, 2008

Lady Dive

Another glorious fall day here in Ottawa. We managed a 70 km bike ride around the Capital and over into Gatineau on the Quebec side. An absolutely brilliant day! While cycling on the Gatineau side we saw the Lady Dive. It is an amphibious bus that takes tourists around many of the sights in Ottawa and Gatineau. It also sails the Ottawa River giving customers a closeup view of the Rideau Locks, Parliament Hill and other venues. Today we managed to catch the amphibus as it climbed out of the Ottawa River. It just sailed right up to the ramp and then drove out of the water, all without skipping a beat. Pretty neat technology I thought.