We had such a pleasant start to the day from Driftwood Provincial Park- sunny but not hot and no bugs, again! Except for when we stopped for coffee at a gas station and just as we were leaving Y noticed a very furry, colourful, exotic looking spider crawling up her leg and tried to brush it away, but it zipped up her torso so fast that she really had swat quickly to get it off (happily she had tucked her pant leg into her socks for riding!). B had said we would be seeing rocks and trees, and trees and rocks, and we are pleased to be seeing nice little marshes and sloughs and creeks too. Some of the marshes had pond lillys, black-eyes susans, and interesting grasses. We stopped for a pic-nic break on a road-side rock outcropping only to discover a kilometer ahead a pretty little pic-nic site beside a little lake. We are going to pick up a provincial map that shows the pic-nic sites so we don't miss them again. We stopped at the historical site of the Upper Ottawa Rapids and didn't see rapids (they were historical) - it was a pretty area. Shortly thereafter we saw a sign for "historical meteor site", but didn't stop. At the Rapids stop, a 50plus man with his wife looking curious said "did you ride your bikes here?... on the highway?... keep safe!" We saw three men on some kind of push bike, with regular bike wheels, but they were standing with one foot on a platform, and the other scooting along the roadway (skateboard style). We had another tasty, predictable Subway meal - we are always impressed with the careful preparation of food and the consistency of the products.Samuel de Champlain Park is a very nice, very large site on Moore Lake. It is a very pretty route in from the highway about 4Kms and has great amenities. We had a salad and sandwich dinner and look forward to a good sleep tonight.
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