At the beginning of July we spent some time at the cottage on Lower Rideau Lake, Ontario. It has been thrilling that the Rideau Canal has been acknowledged at a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The lake we are on is rather non-descript, yet it forms part of the canal and has for decades been a natural haven from city life with its fishing, swimming, canoeing and great wildlife watching.
Right after school was out, Allison went up with Grami and Grandpa to spend a week with her cousins Xander and Zach. They had a great time while Laurie and Terry spent a few days in Ottawa visiting Cathy and seeing the new War Museum (excellent!) and the Civilization Museum (also excellent!).
Days at the cottage were lazy: fishing, swimming, canoeing, resting, reading, eating, wining, dining, more of the same, day after day, and lots of euchre at night.
Here are a few photos of life at the cottage and the surrounding area. More photos of the cottage area may be viewed at Terry’s “One Square Mile” web gallery.
After a fun-filled week, we picked up Allison today at 12:45pm at the Guelph Youth Music Centre and she hasn’t stopped talking since!! She has a million things to tell us about all the rides and shows and food and… but the bottom line is – she and all the choristers had a great time! Here are two more pics. You can see more at 
Hopefully I can convince Allison to write a post with some of her own pictures.
