Day One Hundred and Twenty-Two: so many tulips to see

This morning I woke up after others gone out, I must have been tired last night. I had a breakfast of Shredded Wheat and then went and sat out in the garden to write up the weekends blogs in the sunshine. It was a beautiful day. All the tulips are in bloom (well most) and so I took a few pictures of the ones in the garden before getting the bike out and cycling down to Dow’s Lake to see the Tulip festival.

 

It was an interesting ride, but I found my way eventually. A smart thing to do would have been to look at a map before I left, but I didn’t … so I got to Main Street and went the wrong way. I ended up at the canal anyway, just a long way up from the lake … so I enjoyed the cycle back and once there … realised I was on the wrong side of the canal. I went back up the canal slightly and over a bridge … but the bridge had no ramp the other side, so I had to carry the bike down some steps.

Once at the festival the flowers were lovely, most were in bloom and they were all different colours too! I walked around the park looking at all the different tulips and then settled myself onto a bench to give my knee a rest and to read my book.

 

After what felt like a short time, but was probably much longer I jumped back on the bike and headed back. I didn’t want to carry the bike back up the steps s I went along the canal to the Bank Street bridge and crossed there as that lead up to Sunnyside and along to Brent’s house. Except if I’d have looked at a map I’d have known that it wasn’t a direct route … so I ended up asking for directions and found my way back in the end.

Once back I sat out in the glorious sunshine and read some more of my book, but then it started getting really warm on my arms so I came inside to finish reading. The book was great and had a twist I really wasn’t expecting. I guessed a few chapters in advance but still was shocked. Once I finished the book I closed my eyes just to rest for a little bit and fell asleep until Jonas came home. I had enough time to change my shorts into jeans and brush my hair as Brent and Jonas took me out for a leaving dinner at Malone’s Lakeside Grill.

I had the lasagne that I had when we went back in January and it was tasty! I also had a glass of wine, but had forgotten my ID, however after studying me for a while she brought the wine over anyways, wooop. Brent had chicken penne and Jonas had a huuuuge pizza, the waitress wasn’t kidding when she said it was big. 

The view out the window was amazing, back in January it was all frozen over, now it was a lake full of water and people were in boats on it. After dinner we went to see some falls where the Rideau River meets the Ottawa River and they were pretty, it’s in a secluded place and really is a beautiful place. We then went up to the Rockliffe lookout which overlooks Gatineau and the river, pretty!

 

We then came back afterwards and before I went off to bed I gave Brent some of the pictures I’d taken here, as he likes the pictures I take. So after that I went off to bed, I was feeling tired regardless f the nap I’d had this afternoon. Night!