Ottawa!

We're in Ottawa. Sha is worried about the chipmunk population of Ottawa and has spent the last few days trying to make the local chipmunks as fat as possible. She's now moving on to fattening up the black squirrels. She also spotted a family of racoons. But she hasn't spotted a ground hog (di jou) yet. I found one, but Sha was on a boat with lots of ladies at the time.

They have lots of pumpkins in Canada.

Today we went flying. Sha took control. We didn't crash.

Sha photographed a sign that explained what to do in the presence of "a bear, coyote, wolf or cougar". The final instruction is "In case of an attack, you must be aggressive and counterattack."

I bought a new camera. I wanted a new Sony, but Sha told me that I wouldn't look professional. So I'm now the proud owner of a nikon.

Oh, Dad also showed us the new flight simulator at Rockcliffe. I flew a twin-engined plane through the clouds to Ottawa international. We didn't crash!

What else? Sha has spotted three beavers (or one beaver three times). We went to a concert where a 13 year old boy played incredibly difficult 'cello pieces with his sister accompanying him on the piano (Bryan and Silvie Cheng). Mum also drove us up into the forest to see the lakes and the colourful trees. Oh, and we went to the Museum of Civilisation to see the exhibitions and to watch the Imax show about elephants and orang-utangs.