Now we are here in a city of rivers, in a land of lakes. Now that we have finally moved into our apartment and have our stuff out of storage (I have way too many books, by the way, something I have just learned after packing and moving and unpacking them all), we were able to get the canoe onto the water.
There is a lake about a five-minute drive from our house. This lake connects to the Rideau Canal (a world heritage site, which connects the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers); this canal was built to provide an alternate shipping route to the St.Lawrence and was all about fending off the pesky Americans. Anyway, we paddled down the canal (in a slight and sometimes shivery rainfall)and tied up our canoe right downtown.
Downtown, we ate almond croissants and protected ourselves from the rain with hot coffee. And we bought some of our weekly groceries. The farmer's market is also on the canal, so we are thinking next week we will shop by canoe. You can fit a lot of tomatoes in that canoe.
This day of canoeing and shopping makes me love my new city just a little bit. I can canoe downtown people! I miss my desert, but this is a pretty good deal.
7 comments:
That sounds awesome. I do miss natural waterways, something we have not enough of down here.
Also, the desert misses you too. It calls your name, listen...
Um, that is the coolest thing I ever heard of. Better than a farmer's market. Better than a bicycle even. Wow.
I cannot believe this is actually true. Are you sure you're not living in a movie? I want the update if you actually shop in the canoe. Maybe you should write a script about this. Have Johnny Depp play Will and, let's see, who can play you? Juliette Binoche? Wait, that was Chocolat. That won't quite work.
We need to do more with our river here in SLC. There are plans, but I fear they will fall through as they always do.
As for books: every time I move I say the same thing. Do I get rid of them? Hell no!
Very cool. I've been trying to figure out how to use public transport to get to work--maybe I will look into the Jordan river to carry me from Frontrunner to Redwood.
Actually, Counterintuitive, you could kayak to Redwood on the North Jordan Canal that runs right by campus. You would, however, have to duck several times.
I am so unbeliveably proud of you. Drinking and paddling a canoe - I told you you'd fit in in canada!
I belive Canadian survive the winter with a bit of gin (or Molson), keeps the chills off, eh?
By the way, Montreal is lovely, maybe I'll get back there sometime. (email me if you want to know about the bagel shop, or wholesale chocolate shop, or, . .)
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