Rideau Canal

 When we got to Ottawa, the capitol of Canada, we took a little drive to look around.  What you see in the photos is the Rideau Canal.  It is 7.8 kms and is the "largest skating rink" in the world.  It is very beautiful.  We saw lots of kids skating home from school and the university which is right there too.

Here we are at the Prince of Wales chapel.   Papa pointing to a broken fender which one of the missionaries got when she went through a pothole.  There are so many potholes all over and some of them are huge.  When they are covered with snow it is almost impossible to see them.  The Sisters were afraid to drive the car with this damage, so John and I drove a different car up there and traded with them.  We drove the broken one home and we will have it repaired in Montreal.

When we were driving up the day before we hit a little storm.  It was so bad that we had to use the windshield washer fluid to clean the windows about every 4 to 5 minutes almost the whole way.  It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get there and we had to stop to buy more fluid.  Luckily the next day it was cold, but hardly any wind so inspecting the cars went much nicer.

 Here I am in 6 layers of clothing, looking like a big bear,  standing in the parking lot of the church.

                                                    Papa likes to point out things.