2020: No Parlement Hill celebrations for us nor for that matter any other Canada Day party or celebration. Still it was a day off and so we did what we could to celebrate being Canadian: a hike in the forest (Gatineau Park) and canoeing.
We met up with “In-Law Debbie” for the hike to Penquin Lookout.
It’s a seven or so kilometre hike that is complemented by birdsong, smells of wild roses and ferns, and sites of interesting nature’s puzzles.
This maple grew up around another tree, embracing it perhaps in the way we become entwined with special people in our lives, and when they are gone, their past influence shapes who we are.
Other trees endure or eventually succumb to relentless forces…
This rock has deep line scars across its face by glaciers as if it were merely a soap bar where children carve random lines through it with their nails.
In the photo below, there’s two lighter rocks that resemble eyes, and a fissure in the rock that makes the rock look very unhappy…
Debbie and Deanna approaching the first major climb…
At Penguin Lookout. Moments of reflection of love and of what could have been…
From hiking, we went canoing at Camp Dubois….here we’re canoing along the Gatineau River above the Chelsea Dam.
This is the view coming back to Camp Dubois…
And this is Camp Dubois!
From Camp Dubois, there’s a lot going on:
And yes we think Elly should get a dog…
