Ottawa: I Took a Walk and Had to Bushwhack

Ottawa: Rideau Canal in Winter

Ottawa: Locks Between Ottawa River and Rideau Canal

Ottawa: Skating on the Rideau Canal

We were in Ottawa last week for skating and a dining spree: The Black Cat, Frasier, Les Fougeres. Could it get any better than that? 

Ed, the super-taster, was delighted at every turn, not that I minded the indulgence.

I thrilled to glide again on Ottawa's historic, gigantic skating rink, coming in at Patterson Creek on a super cold clear morning. Not many people around this early; brand new surface. It was almost scary...the smoothness and vastness of the expanse of hard water! 

Patterson Creek, surrounded by an old residential neighborhood, flows into the Rideau. With its lovely heated Chalet it's a handy point of access.

Skaters on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa

On the Ice in Ottawa with Children

Thousands of Skaters on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa

Ottawa: Rideau Canal Ready for Ice