...recap as we lounge in our cozy tent the next evening outside Renfrew, ON, with the rain pouring down outside....
Our trip started with our 4am departure from our house to the airport with our wrapped bikes and bags in our car (sister Sonia and Tim later picked up our car and took it back to our house - thx guys!). The bikes and bags checked in uneventfully, thankfully. We slept much of the flight to TO, but did chat at points with our aisle-mate Helen (90yo in Feb 2017). Helen gave us a bag of nuts and bolts - a welcome gesture! We napped on board as the plane sat on the tarmac in Toronto and then arose as the TO passengers boarded. The excitement of being shortly in Ottawa was short-lived as a problem had arisen with the plane door so we all had to be transferred to another plane. We arrived in Ottawa about 2hrs late, put our bikes together (seats and handlebars on, then turned bikes upside down for re-attachment of the rear derailleurs, then pumped tires from 30 to 55/60 and loaded on the panniers, and a suitcase!). We called sister Carmelita about our late arrival and then rode our bikes to St. Paul's University Residence ~ 11.4Kms. We ran into gravel roads and construction as this was the only route we knew. A very nice person checked us in and didn't flinch an eyelash about our bikes and even asked B later if there was enough room in the room for the bikes! We met sister Carmelita & Brian at Canal Ritz for excellent food & lively company at a very great location in a pleasant, light breeze. We arrived back at the residence about 11:15pm and went right to sleep as we needed to get up at 6:15am!
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