While driving in Ontario we took the opportunity to visit with two more families who are special to us.
Tim's Administrative Assistant in Vietnam recently married and moved to Canada. We spent two days in the Niagara Falls area, exploring and visiting with these fine folks!
And then we stopped in our favourite community of Uxbridge to visit our favourite old friends. Our friendship has spanned more than 30 years and they now welcome our children into their lives. Our time with them was filled with stories, memories, laughter, honesty, golfing, food, and photos!
It was a HOT ONE! The temperature and humidity had a "real feel" of 47 degrees Celsius. We have not been in Ottawa for many years and this was our first Canada Day on Parliament Hill. Parliament Hill was not crowded, probably because of the extreme heat. The water refill stations and huge mist cannons were necessary.
We enjoyed live entertainment at the National Arts Centre and a BBQ salmon lunch. The National Gallery was free admission on July 1 so we enjoyed an hour there, viewing the Art and getting cooled off. The highlight was seeing the Snowbirds perform their aerial show.
