Check out the flagpoles on this garage in Mattawa this morning. The town took the brunt of the storms that passed through the North Bay area last night, with many giant pines down along the highway, some on top of century old brick houses. The power was out at Rob's this morning when I left. The storm just missed us, with many trees down in the area. The prediction is two or three days before they get power. Send Rob and Marsha cold beer!

Looking downriver towards Ottawa from the Quebec side.

 

Jean takes a cooling break at the rivers edge, just upriver from Ottawa.

 

How many faces, fingers and toes can you find in this natural
wonder, found heading upriver from Ottawa on the biketrails
on the Quebec side.

 

Went into my archives to find this one. Who recognizes this?

(I forgot to put the memory stick back in my camera
so my last ride produced tons of imaginary pictures)

 

Finally, I've gotten out on my bike and I'm seeing parts of the Ottawa region that I never knew existed in my twenty plus years living here.

 

 

A surprise visitor this week, my cousin Charles from San Francisco.
He and Linda are here until the weekend.

 

A voice reminded me today how much I miss the lake and the
natural beauty and the wonderful silence and......

 

There is something very special about the light
in the woods above Rob and Marsha's place.

 

How would you like to wake up to this view every morning?

 

An old family picture, Summer Vacation, P.E.I. 1960

 

Here we are on St. Paddy's Day at Finn McCools in North Bay. I can't remember if this was before or after the IRA Car Bombs, but it certainly was before we car bombed at the Bull & Quench.

Here's Luke, Max and Lis during my Calgary trip last week.

 

Introducing Jeremy Girard, my grandgodson,
born Sunday, March 19th.
His parents, Emmanuelle and Luc, are the children of my Ottawa friends Jean Pierre and Lise Gagnon.

 

Rob, Dave's Sherpa, carries all of Bwananana Dave's ranch exploration paraphernalia and mementos.

Dave consults his compass to ensure he stays on the "straight" and narrow.

Dave 4-wheels in search of the Aardvark property lines.

It's almost time to get ready for adventure golf in the north.

On a cold day like this, I'm missing Laguna Beach, the sound of the ocean and the warmth of the California sun. Just think, we've only got another six to eight weeks to go.