After Montreal we motored the 120 miles over to Ottawa. Ottawa has many memories as it is where we met some 40 years ago and got married. One of our favorite places to go was north of the city in the Gatineau Park area and a little town called Wakefield.

In previous years they have had a train run from Ottawa up the 25 miles to this little place. Unfortunately the train has had some money and track problems and hasn't run for a while and yet they say it might be fixed by next year. The restaurant in the train station is still functional but was closed on the day we decided to visit which was too bad.



So we stopped by another place in Wakefield called Earle's and it was quite good and very picturesque along the old rail line and river. It was about 75 degrees and a bit humid but still nice for sitting on the porch.



At lunch, European style, the diners sort of tie up the pups on the rail and they are part of the ambiance. This girl named Mushka (sp) was really friendly and a sweet pup.



While in Ottawa one of the visits was to Jo-Anne's Mom's grave in the Beechwood military cemetery. Her dad will be buried here as well and it is their National Military Cemetery and quite beautiful.



Also in Ottawa we met a younger cousin of Jo-Anne's and had lunch over genealogy which was really rewarding. Amanda was able to fill us in on a bunch of family history which we didn't know about and we had run across her in Ancestry.com. After she told us about some more of the grave sites, we visited the Pinecrest cemetery to get more photos of the Martin plots.

For the three days in Ottawa we hit a bunch of our other haunts and again went to this neat pub in the By Ward area of downtown. Super selection and service.

Then we left to go up the Ottawa River about 80 miles to Norway Bay on the Quebec side and to the cottage of a cousin of Jo-Anne's. Jo has memories of this place from childhood as she grew up in Ottawa and came up to the cottage to visit Leslie's family there. Leslie (Martin) Moody is the daughter of Jo's uncle Ed Martin. The cottage faces the river and a small beach and is quite nice

Here's the girls on the pier where they swam many years ago and kids were diving into just off camera.

And old cousins relating family stories.

We spent one night in the Renfrew KOA to make this visit and it was a basic KOA but had 50 amp power and we were parked right next to the office on a flat piece of dirt.

And now we are back in Barrie for a bit!!!

Time to take a break