March 8th

Canadian War Museum

Ok, I’m gonna cram the rest of my Ottawa trip into this post or I will never get it done. The rest of my time in Ottawa was pretty good.  Pat and Mary came with me to the Canada war museum, the architecture of the building is really interesting both on the outside and inside.  Everything sort of slopes like a war ship.  It kinda screws with your mind in the inside, but its cool.  Huge tank collection, and the exhibits were displayed well.  It wasn't a particularity pleasant experience (it's a war museum after all), but it was really good. I wish I had a bit more time there actually.  We also drove out to see the old hose Grandma gre up in on Fentiman ave.  All the old houses there were quite beautiful, and the huge heaps of snow really added to the character.  

Nan Nan's house on Fantiman Ave. 

Love these old houses :)

The Lexington.  Just a couple blocks from Nan Nan's house, this is where she move to in later years. Wonderful old 60's building.

Some pictures of the Gang all staying at Archie’s Place. As you can see there is a LOT to sort through!  From the top, it’s Paul, Mary, and Dave.  

Margaret (she is very photogenic) 

and Pat and Mary.  Jane was there also, but I didn’t get a picture of her.  :(

Margaret, Jane, Dave and Mary (Mary sitting next to Pat) are all siblings, just to be clear. Mary (on the couch with Dave) and Dave came up from the US, and Margaret and Paul flew in from Japan to help with the sorting.  Paul actually headed back to Tokyo one day before the earthquake struck Japan, but luckily he was at home when it happened and didn't get stranded downtown.

On the Last day Margaret, Paul, Mary, Pat and Myself all headed to the Canada Science and Technology Museum.  Turns ouf the old Steam engines are HUGE. Ok, I knew trains are big but the wheels were taller than me. Pretty neat.

C P Rail!

…This little gem was in the Kids section of the museum, it was one of the panels talking about different personality types.  Mary and I agreed it had an uncanny resemblance to Pat...

Ok! Well that was Ottawa in a nutshell. I did skip over some interesting encounters and a few other tidbits, but oh well.  I do better making small posts than big ones.  Time to talk about Timmins and Snowshoeing!